Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 405.14 Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree.
A person is guilty of unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree, as defined in section 405.12 of this article, and, within the previous five year period, he or she has been convicted one or more times of the crime of unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree, as defined in section 405.12 of this article, or unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree, as defined in this section.
Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree is a class E felony.
A person commits first-degree unpermitted indoor-pyrotechnics use by committing second-degree unpermitted use under § 405.12 after 1 or more convictions for first- or second-degree unpermitted indoor-pyrotechnics use within the previous 5 years. ★ It is a class E felony.
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.