A. The Arizona highway patrol or any sheriff or other peace officer shall seize, remove or cause to be removed, at the expense of the owner, all fireworks or combustibles offered or exposed for sale, stored or possessed in violation of this article.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-1607

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes an individual, partnership, firm or corporation. See Arizona Laws 36-1601

B. In addition to the persons specified in subsection A of this section, a fire marshal working for or contracted with a city, town, fire district or county may seize, remove or cause to be removed all fireworks for sale or offered for sale in the fire marshal’s jurisdiction. The city, town, fire district or county may impose a fine on the owner of the fireworks that at a minimum covers the cost of the enforcement of this subsection.

C. A person that has fireworks confiscated more than two times in a five-year period is prohibited from selling permissible consumer fireworks in this state for the three succeeding years following the most recent violation.

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