Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 60 - Business Licenses. > Article 2C - Fireworks Licensing and Safety, 60-2C-1 through 60-2C-11. > Section 60-2C-7 - Permissible fireworks.

Section 60-2C-7 - Permissible fireworks.

60-2C-7. Permissible fireworks.

A.     Permissible fireworks are:

(1)     ground and hand-held sparkling devices:

(a)     cone fountains;

(b)     crackling devices;

(c)     cylindrical fountains;

(d)     flitter sparklers;

(e)     ground spinners;

(f)     illuminating torches; and

(g)     wheels;

(2)     aerial devices:

(a)     aerial shell kit-reloadable tubes;

(b)     aerial spinners;

(c)     helicopters;

(d)     mines;

(e)     missile-type rockets;

(f)     multiple tube devices;

(g)     roman candles;

(h)     shells; and

(i)     stick-type rockets, except as provided in Subsection B of this section; and

(3)     ground audible devices:

(a)     chasers; and

(b)     firecrackers.

B.     The following types of fireworks are not permissible fireworks:

(1)     stick-type rockets having a tube less than five-eighths inch outside diameter and less than three and one-half inches in length; and

(2)     fireworks intended for sale to the public that produce an audible effect, other than a whistle, by a charge of more than one hundred thirty milligrams of explosive composition per report.

C.     A municipality or county shall not by ordinance regulate and prohibit the sale or use of any permissible firework except aerial devices and ground audible devices.