Crime & Safety
What Fireworks are Legal in Lakeville?
The Lakeville Police Department says in a press release that fireworks laws will be enforced.
Editor’s Note: The following information is from the City of Lakeville website. Click here to see a fireworks fact state from the Minnesota State Department of Public Safety.
The current State of Minnesota fireworks law became effective in 2002. The only fireworks considered legal are novelty items such as:
• Snakes and glow worms
• Smoke devices
• Noisemakers
• Party poppers
• String poppers
• Snappers
• Drop pops
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Legal fireworks can contain no more than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive.
Any fireworks that explode or are aerial are illegal, including:
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• Firecrackers and ladyfingers
• Sky rockets and bottle rockets
• Missile rockets
• Aerial spinners, planes, UFOs, and helicopters
• Roman candles, shells
• Chasers, parachutes
• Any heavy cardboard or paper tube attached to a base that upon ignition propels anything into the air
NO fireworks, even those novelty items considered legal, can be used on public property. This includes parks, trails, school grounds, and streets. The Lakeville Police Department will be enforcing this law.
