§ 12572 Fireworks Wholesale Licensing Rules

Health and Safety Code·California

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•A wholesaler’s license lets you sell and move fireworks to stores, public show operators, and other wholesalers in California.
•You can also sell fireworks to people who use them for special effects if they have a permit.
•Some fireworks can be sold to businesses if they have a permit from their local area.

Example

A company wants to buy fireworks for a big movie scene.

The company can buy fireworks from a wholesaler if they have a permit for special effects.

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§ 12572 Fireworks Wholesale Licensing Rules

A wholesaler’s license allows the sale and transportation of all types of fireworks to licensed retailers, or retailers operating under a permit, licensed public display operators, and other licensed wholesalers in California only and sale to special effects pyrotechnic operators holding a valid permit and sale of exempt fireworks to those industrial and commercial concerns that possess a valid permit from the local agency having jurisdiction in the area where such fireworks are to be used or stored. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1109.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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wholesaler’s license fireworks licensed retailers special effects pyrotechnic operators exempt fireworks

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 12572.

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