Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 405.12 Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree.
A person is guilty of unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree when he or she is responsible for obtaining a necessary permit to use indoor pyrotechnics, as required by paragraph o of subdivision one of section 405.10 of this article, and, without obtaining such permit or knowing that he or she is not in compliance with the terms of a permit, he or she intentionally ignites or detonates pyrotechnics for which such permit is required, or knowingly permits another to ignite or detonate such pyrotechnics, in a building, as defined in paragraph e of subdivision one of section 405.10 of this article.
Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
The person responsible for the indoor-pyrotechnics permit commits this offense by intentionally igniting or detonating required-permit pyrotechnics without a permit or while knowingly violating its terms, or by knowingly letting another person do so, in a building as defined in § 405.10(1)(e). ★ It is a class A misdemeanor.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.