Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 480 § 480.160 — Local
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 480 ·
Oregon Code § 480.160·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Local
regulation and effect of state law; local enforcement authority.
(1) Nothing in ORS 480.111 to
480.165, nor in any permit issued thereunder, shall authorize the manufacture,
sale, use or discharge of fireworks in any city, county or fire protection
district in which such manufacture, sale, use or discharge is otherwise
prohibited by law or municipal ordinance; nor shall any city, county or fire
protection district authorize the sale or use of any fireworks prohibited by
the provisions of ORS 480.111 to 480.165.
(2) For the
purposes of enforcing ORS 480.111 to 480.165 in an area exempt under ORS
476.030 (3) within a rural fire protection district, the fire marshal, if there
is one, or the fire chief of that rural fire protection district has the same
enforcement authority as the State Fire Marshal.
(3) No person
shall deliver or cause to be delivered into any county, municipality or rural
fire protection district for the purpose of sale to individual members of the
general public for personal use any consumer fireworks if the county,
municipality or rural fire protection district by law or ordinance has declared
that the sale or use of the consumer fireworks is prohibited.
(4) The
manufacture, sale, use or discharge of fireworks may be regulated by the
governing body of a rural fire protection district, subject to the following
conditions:
(a) The
regulation must be by ordinance adopted by the governing body of the district,
after public notice and hearing, not later than January 1 of any calendar year
in which regulation is to be operative.
(b) The
regulation shall not be operative within the boundaries of any city that
regulates such matters by city ordinance.
(c) The
regulation shall not prohibit the manufacture, sale, use or discharge of
fireworks the manufacture, sale, use or discharge of which is authorized by ORS
Plain English Explanation
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 480.160
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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