Fireworks laws in Tennessee

SECTION 7.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-104-112(a), is amended by deleting the subsection and substituting:
(1)  To purchase Class C common fireworks or sparkling devices, a person must be at least sixteen (16) years of age.  A person who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and who seeks to purchase Class C common fireworks or sparkling devices must provide proof of age to the person, retailer, or seasonal retailer by presenting a state-issued photo identification or must be accompanied by an adult.  It is unlawful to offer for retail sale or to sell Class C
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common fireworks or sparkling devices to a person who is under sixteen (16) years of age or to an intoxicated or irresponsible person.
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(4)  It is unlawful for an individual, firm, partnership, or corporation to sell at retail any Class C common fireworks or sparkling devices within any county of this state having a population greater than three hundred fifty-five thousand (355,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, except in municipalities within such counties with a population of not less than six hundred (600) nor more than six hundred twenty (620), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent census, that permitted the sale of such fireworks or sparkling devices before 1984;
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SECTION 9.  This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.

Division 1.4 consists of explosives that present a minor blast hazard. Examples are common fireworks, toy caps, empty primed grenades, and some small arms ammunition.
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341.2 Mailability, Packaging, and Marking
Explosives are generally prohibited from being mailed under 18 U.S.C. § 1716. The following conditions apply for mailing Hazard Class 1 items:
International Mail : All explosives are prohibited.
Domestic Mail via Air Transportation: All explosives are prohibited.
Domestic Mail via Surface Transportation: Generally, explosives are prohibited, with exceptions for Division 1.4S toy propellant devices and safety fuses that have been approved by the director, Product Classification before mailing (refer to 214 for contact information). A shipping paper is required.

UPS Prohibited Items
Examples of items prohibited by UPS include, but are not limited to the following:
Shipments prohibited by law
Bank bills, notes or currency
Common fireworks

We do not accept for delivery:
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Fireworks
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FedEx accepts certain classes and divisions of hazardous materials for transport. Before you ship, please refer to the following list to ensure your packages contain only accepted hazardous materials.
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1.4 1
Explosives
1.4/Explosive 1.4
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1 Except fireworks.

§ 1500.17 Banned hazardous substances.
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(3) Fireworks devices intended to produce audible effects (including but not limited to cherry bombs, M-80 salutes, silver salutes, and other large firecrackers, aerial bombs, and other fireworks designed to produce audible effects, and including kits and components intended to produce such fireworks) if the audible effect is produced by a charge of more than 2 grains of pyrotechnic composition; except that this provision shall not apply to such fireworks devices if all of the following conditions are met:
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(8) Firecrackers designed to produce audible effects, if the audible effect is produced by a charge of more than 50 milligrams (.772 grains) of pyrotechnic composition (not including firecrackers included as components of a rocket), aerial bombs, and devices that may be confused with candy or other foods, such as “dragon eggs,” and “cracker balls” (also known as “ball-type caps”), and including kits and components intended to produce such fireworks except such devices which meet all of the following conditions:
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(9) All fireworks devices, other than firecrackers, including kits and components intended to produce such fireworks, not otherwise banned under the act, that do not comply with the applicable requirements of part 1507 of this chapter, except fireworks devices which meet all the following conditions: