Penal Law § 405.18

Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 405.18 Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first

degree.

A person is guilty of aggravated 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, by means of igniting or detonating such indoor pyrotechnics, he or she recklessly causes serious physical injury or death to another person.

Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree is a class D felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/405.18

In plain English

A person commits first-degree aggravated unpermitted indoor-pyrotechnics use by committing second-degree unpermitted use under § 405.12 and, by igniting or detonating the pyrotechnics, recklessly causing serious physical injury or death to another person. ★ It is a class D 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.

In print

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.