Inyo County, CA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Inyo County's own Sheriff/county guidance states that 'safe and sane' fireworks are the only fireworks legal in California and may be used on private property, while emphasizing the high desert and Eastern Sierra fire danger. The county's published press materials do not announce a blanket ordinance banning safe-and-sane fireworks countywide, so the controlling law is the State Fireworks Law at California Health & Safety Code Section 12500 and following. Under H&S Code Section 12529, 'safe and sane fireworks' are those approved by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and tested and approved by the California State Fire Marshal. Under H&S Code Section 12505, 'dangerous fireworks' include firecrackers, skyrockets and rockets that rise in the air, Roman candles, chasers, and oversized sparklers — all illegal for consumer use in California. Separately, the Inyo County Code (County Parks chapter) prohibits any person from possessing, discharging, or setting off firecrackers, torpedoes, rockets, fireworks, or explosives within any county park or campground without the director's permission. Fireworks are also banned on BLM and U.S. Forest Service land throughout the Owens Valley and Inyo National Forest.