Title 21, Title 21: EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS

21:2-24. Revocation of certificate The commissioner may revoke a certificate of registration if the fireworks plant is not maintained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable thereto.

21:2-25. Statement of reasons for revocation If a certificate is revoked the commissioner shall file in his office a statement of the reasons therefor and furnish a copy of same to the owner and persons operating the fireworks plant. No fireworks plant shall be operated after rev…

21:2-26. Records and duplicates of certificates A record of the certificates of registration issued and revoked shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioner, and a duplicate sent to the chief of the fire department of each community, in which a fireworks plant is locat…

21:2-27. Indemnity bond The owner or operator of any fireworks plant, within sixty days after demand therefor in writing by the commissioner of labor, unless exempted therefrom as hereinafter provided, shall file and keep on file with the department of banking and insurance of th…

21:2-28. Exemption from filing bond Any fireworks plant owner or operator desiring to be exempted from filing such bond may make application to the state department of banking and insurance, showing his financial ability to discharge all such judgments to the amount of the bond r…

21:2-29. Prohibited places of storage or sale It shall be unlawful to store or sell fireworks: a. In any building where paints, oils or varnishes are manufactured or kept for use or sale, unless paints, oils and varnishes are in original unbroken containers; b. In any building wh…

21:2-29.1. Permit to store or sell fireworks for use for agricultural purposes It shall be unlawful to store or sell fireworks, designed or intended to be used for agricultural purposes as pest-control bombs in connection with the raising of crops, without first obtaining from th…

21:2-3 "Dangerous fireworks" defined. 21:2-3. "Dangerous fireworks" mean the following: Toy torpedoes containing more than 5 grains of an explosive composition. Paper caps containing more than .35 grain of explosive composition. Firecrackers or salutes exceeding 5 inches in lengt…

21:2-30. Smoking not allowed in place of sale No smoking shall be allowed in any building where fireworks are offered for sale. Over each entrance to such a store a sign in large letters shall be displayed reading "Fireworks For Sale--No Smoking Allowed" .

21:2-35. Violations; crime of fourth degree Any person who fails to comply with or violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended by L.1953, c. 21, p. 374, s. 4, eff. March 19, 1953; L.1983, c. 561, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984…

21:2-36. Delivery of fireworks prohibited; exceptions a. A person shall not knowingly deliver fireworks to a person within this State unless the person to whom delivery is to be made is named on a valid permit obtained pursuant to R.S.21:3-1 et seq. as the person authorized to re…

21:2-37. Registration of fireworks manufacturers, dealers A person who is the owner or manager of a legally operated commercial enterprise involving the manufacture, distribution, storage, or sale of fireworks shall, in addition to the certificate of registration issued pursuant …

21:2-4. Application of chapter Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as applying to the transportation of any article or thing shipped in conformity with the regulations prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to the military or naval forces of the United States, t…

21:2-5. Explosives laws not repealed Nothing in this chapter contained shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of chapter one of this title (s. 21:1-1 et seq.).

21:2-6. Dangerous fireworks prohibited It shall be unlawful to manufacture, sell, transport or use dangerous fireworks within the state.

21:2-7 Fireworks showers, pyrotechnics, prohibited in certain buildings, exceptions. 21:2-7. a. The use of what are technically known as fireworks showers, or of any composition containing potassium and sulphur, inside any building other than as authorized in subsection b. of thi…

21:2-8. Factory buildings; location of No factory building shall be situated nearer than two hundred feet from any inhabited building or to any highway or to any railroad, nor nearer than fifty feet from any building used for the storage of explosives or fireworks, nor nearer tha…

21:2-9. Storage buildings; location of No building in a fireworks plant used for the storage of finished fireworks, other than those containing only sparklers, shall be situated nearer than three hundred feet from any building not used in connection with the manufacture of firewo…

21:3-1. Sale, use, etc., declared against public health, safety and welfare The sale, exposure for sale, use, distribution or possession of fireworks or pyrotechnics in the state of New Jersey, except as hereinafter provided, is hereby declared by the legislature to be against th…

21:3-2 Sale, possession or use prohibited; exceptions. 21:3-2. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell, possess or use, or explode any blank cartridge, toy pistol, toy cannon, toy cane or toy gun in which explosives are used; the type of ba…

21:3-3. Permits for public displays; application; restrictions 21:3-3. The governing body of any municipality, other than a county, notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, may, upon application in writing, upon the posting of a suitable bond, grant …

21:3-4. Contents of applications for permits; approval of storage place; permit not transferable 21:3-4. All such applications for permits shall set forth the name of the person authorized to purchase, or otherwise order, and receive delivery of any fireworks, the specific types …

21:3-5. Surety by licensee The governing body of the municipality shall require surety which may be cash, government bonds, personal bond, or other form of insurance in a sum of not less than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), conditioned for the payment of all damages, whi…

21:3-6. Copy of application and permit forwarded to Department of Labor 21:3-6. A duplicate copy of the application and of the permit granted shall be forwarded to the Office of Safety Compliance in the Department of Labor by the governing body granting such permit and such copie…

21:3-7. Effect on existing laws; exceptions Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to interfere with the provisions of chapter 2 of this title (s. 21:2-1 et seq.) where the provisions thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, nor shall anythi…

21:3-8. Penalties for violations 21:3-8. Penalties for violations Any person who sells, offers or exposes for sale, or possesses with intent to sell any fireworks as herein mentioned is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Any person who purchases, uses, discharges, causes to …

21:3-9. Enforcement by municipalities The municipalities of this State, and the Department of Labor and Industry, are hereby charged with the enforcement of all of the provisions of this chapter. Amended by L.1955, c. 115, p. 587, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1955.