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Code · Missouri · Chapter 320

320.131. Possession, sale and use of certain fireworks prohibited — restrictions — label required — items not regulated.

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320.131. Possession, sale and use of certain fireworks prohibited — restrictions — label required — items not regulated. — 1. It is unlawful for any person to possess, sell or use within the state of Missouri, or ship into the state of Missouri, except as provided in section 320.126 , any pyrotechnics commonly known as "fireworks" and defined as consumer fireworks in section 320.106 that comply with the construction, chemical composition, labeling and other regulations relative to consumer fireworks regulations promulgated by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and permitted for use by the general public pursuant to such commission's regulations.
2. No wholesaler, annual retailer, or seasonal retailer, or any other person shall sell, offer for sale, store, display, or have in their possession any consumer fireworks that do not comply with the construction, chemical composition, labeling, and other regulations relative to consumer fireworks regulations promulgated by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and permitted for use by the general public pursuant to such commission's regulations.
3. This section does not prohibit a manufacturer, distributor or any other person possessing the proper permits as specified by state and federal law from storing, selling, shipping or otherwise transporting display fireworks or articles pyrotechnic.
4. Matches, toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, party poppers, or other devices in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive compound, provided that they are so constructed that the hand cannot come into contact with the cap when in place for use, and toy pistol paper caps which contain less than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture shall be permitted for sale and use at all times and shall not be regulated by the provisions of sections 320.106 to 320.161 .
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(L. 1985 S.B. 76 § 6, A.L. 1987 H.B. 416, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1196, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1647 merged with S.B. 835, A.L. 2025 S.B. 81 & 174)
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