ROH §20-6.4
License needed to import, store, or sell fireworks
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗You need a license from the fire chief to import, store, or sell display fireworks or firecrackers in the city. Licenses expire every March 31, are not transferable, and must be shown at each location. Selling is only allowed to people with a valid permit, and you can only keep a limited amount of fireworks on hand.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — License to import, store, and sell display fireworks or firecrackers
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) License required. It shall be unlawful for any person to import, store, offer to sell, sell, at wholesale or retail, for use in the city, any display fireworks or firecrackers, unless such person shall first secure a license.
(b) The licenses shall be issued by the fire chief and shall be nontransferable. Licenses shall specify the date of issuance or effect and the date of expiration, which shall be March 31 of each year. The application shall be made on a form setting forth the date upon which the importations are to begin, the address of the importer, and the name of the proprietor or, if a partnership, the name of the partnership and the names of all partners or, if a corporation, the name of the corporation and the names of its officers. If the fire chief discovers at a later date that a licensee has been convicted of a violation of this article, the licensee’s license shall be revoked and no new license shall be issued to the licensee for two years.
(c) Each storage, wholesaling, and retailing facility or site shall be required to obtain a separate license. Any license issued pursuant to this article may be revoked by the fire chief if the licensee violates this article or if the licensee stores or handles the fireworks in such a manner as to present an unreasonable safety hazard.
(d) Display fireworks or firecrackers shall only be sold or transferred by a seller to a person with a valid permit under § 20-6.12 or 20-6.13 . No person with a valid permit under § 20-6.12 or 20-6.13 shall sell or transfer display fireworks or firecrackers to any other person.
(e) Any license issued pursuant to this article shall be prominently displayed in public view at each licensed location.
(f) Display fireworks or firecrackers shall only be imported and stored, if necessary, in an amount sufficient for an anticipated three-month inventory; provided that if a licensee provides display fireworks, firecrackers, or articles pyrotechnic more than once a month, the licensee may import or store, if necessary, sufficient display fireworks, firecrackers, or articles pyrotechnic for a six-month inventory.
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