Only non-aerial, non-explosive "permissible fireworks" are legal in Colorado. Aerial devices, firecrackers, Roman candles and mortars are illegal statewide. Weld County and its towns may ban even permissible fireworks during fire restrictions, which are common on the dry high plains.
Colorado law (C.R.S. 12-28-101) allows only ground-based "permissible fireworks" that produce a shower or fountain; anything that leaves the ground or explodes is prohibited. Cities such as Greeley and Evans, and the towns, set their own local limits and may prohibit all fireworks, and the county or a fire authority routinely bans fireworks during Stage 1 or Stage 2 fire restrictions. Always check current restrictions with the Weld County Sheriff and your municipality before July 4. Discharge on public land or during a fire ban draws enforcement.
Illegal fireworks are a class 3 misdemeanor under state law; local ordinances and fire-ban orders add municipal fines and possible liability for any resulting fire.
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