When fireworks can be sold
State law sets the selling windows. Retailers may sell for Fourth of July (June 24 to midnight July 4) and New Year's (December 20 to midnight January 1). Counties can also allow sales for Texas Independence Day (February 25 to March 2), San Jacinto Day (April 16 to 21), Memorial Day (the Wednesday before through the holiday), Juneteenth (June 14 to 19) and Diwali (the five days before through the last day of Diwali). Cinco de Mayo sales (May 1 to 5) are allowed only within 100 miles of the Mexico border.
Our McKinney superstore is open for every window Collin County allows, including Diwali. Our other North Texas stores open for Fourth of July and New Year's.
Where you can light them
Fireworks cannot be used inside the limits of most Texas cities. The law also prohibits lighting within 600 feet of a church, hospital, school or day care, within 100 feet of a fireworks stand, and within 100 feet of where flammable liquids or gases are stored or sold.
Unincorporated county land is where most people shoot. Many of our customers in McKinney, Frisco and Plano drive a few minutes east or north to family land or a friend's acreage. Our guide to where you can shoot in Collin County covers the city rules near McKinney, Frisco, Plano and Allen.
Age and what is legal to buy
You must be 16 or older to buy fireworks in Texas. All consumer fireworks we sell are classified 1.4G, the federal consumer category. Anything larger requires a display license.
Bottle rockets with sticks shorter than 15 inches and small "popping" rockets are illegal in Texas. We do not stock them. New to the aisles? Start with our first-time buyer's guide.
Burn bans and drought
A county can ban aerial fireworks and "sticks and fins" rockets during drought conditions. Bans are decided county by county, often in the last week before a holiday. Check your county's website or call us; we track every county we sell in.