Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 405.16 Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second
degree.
A person is guilty of aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second 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, by means of igniting or detonating such indoor pyrotechnics, he or she recklessly: (1) causes physical injury to another person; or (2) damages the property of another person in an amount that exceeds two hundred fifty dollars.
Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree is a class E felony.
A person commits second-degree aggravated unpermitted indoor-pyrotechnics use by committing the offense under § 405.12 and, by igniting or detonating the pyrotechnics, recklessly causing physical injury to another person or more than $250 in damage to another person’s property. ★ 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.