HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Michigan has new fireworks rules, which allow a few more days around the Fourth of July holiday.
They’ll be allowed from June 29 through July 4, 2019, from 11 a.m. through 11:45 p.m.
If July 5 falls on a Friday – which it does, this year — or Saturday, fireworks are allowed from from 11 a.m. through 11:45 p.m.
People who break the rules face a misdemeanor charge with penalties of up to 90 days jail and fines. Anyone caught using consumer-grade fireworks outside of the dates and times face fines of $1,000.
It’s illegal to set off fireworks on public property, city streets, any public right-of-way, or private school or church property without express permission. This includes the common property areas of apartments, condos, or hotels.
It’s also against the law to sell or otherwise provide consumer fireworks to anyone 18 years old or younger.
Anyone convicted of using fireworks in a way that damages property or injures a person faces up to 90 days behind bars and fines up to $5,000, or both. Anyone convicted using fireworks that cause the death of another person would be guilty of a felony and face up to 15 years in prison and fines up to 10,000, or both.
