§ 12150 Explosives Storage Requirements

Health and Safety Code·California

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•Explosives must always be kept in a strong, closed container like metal, wood, or fiber.
•No bits or pieces of explosives can be left outside the container.
•This rule doesn’t apply to explosives at a factory where they’re made.

Example

You have fireworks at home for a party.

You must keep the fireworks in a closed metal or wooden box. If any bits of fireworks are left outside the box, you’re breaking the law.

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§ 12150 Explosives Storage Requirements

Except for explosives kept only at an explosive manufacturing plant, no person shall possess, keep, or store any explosive which is not completely encased in a tight metal, wooden, or fiber container, or a container approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. No person having any explosives in his possession or control shall under any circumstances permit or allow any grains or particles of such explosives to be or remain on the outside of, or about, the containers in which such explosives are kept. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1497.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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explosives container Interstate Commerce Commission

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 12150.

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