2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60: Business Licenses
Article 2C: Fireworks Licensing and Safety, 60-2C-1 through 60-2C-11
Section 60-2C-7: Permissible fireworks.

60-2C-7. Permissible fireworks.

A. Permissible fireworks are:

(1) ground and hand-held sparkling devices:

(a) cone fountains;

(b) crackling devices;

(c) cylindrical fountains;

(d) flitter sparklers;

(e) ground spinners;

(f) illuminating torches; and

(g) wheels;

(2) aerial devices:

(a) aerial shell kit-reloadable tubes;

(b) aerial spinners;

(c) helicopters;

(d) mines;

(e) missile-type rockets;

(f) multiple tube devices;

(g) roman candles;

(h) shells; and

(i) stick-type rockets, except as provided in Subsection B of this section; and

(3) ground audible devices:

(a) chasers; and

(b) firecrackers.

B. The following types of fireworks are not permissible fireworks:

(1) stick-type rockets having a tube less than five-eighths inch outside diameter and less than three and one-half inches in length; and

(2) fireworks intended for sale to the public that produce an audible effect, other than a whistle, by a charge of more than one hundred thirty milligrams of explosive composition per report.

C. A municipality or county shall not by ordinance regulate and prohibit the sale or use of any permissible firework except aerial devices and ground audible devices.