According to those laws, it is unlawful for any person to:

i Remove or extract pyrotechnic contents.

i Throw any ignited fireworks from a moving vehicle.

i Set off fireworks in the vicinity of health care facilities and facilities for the care of animals.

i Set off fireworks by schools.

i Set off fireworks on public ways, in parks, cane fields, or places of worship.

i Set off, ignite, discharge, or otherwise cause to explode any fireworks within 500 feet from any hotel, which shall include the area of the City and County of Honolulu commonly known as Waikiki, particularly described as the district bounded by the Ala Wai Canal, Kapahulu Avenue, and thence along the ocean back to the entrance of the Ala Wai Canal, unless a permit has been issued to allow it.

i Offer for sale, sell, or give any fireworks to minors. Parents or guardians may allow the minor to use fireworks only while under the immediate supervision and control of an adult.

i Possess or use aerial fireworks unless the Fire Chief of the HFD issues a display permit per Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 132D.

i Transport fireworks in carry-on luggage, checked luggage, airline cargo, or mail.

The sale of fireworks in the City and County of Honolulu began Friday and will end at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

On O'ahu, firecrackers may be set off, ignited, or discharged from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on July 4.

A permit is required for the purchase of consumer fireworks, also known as firecrackers, which may be obtained at any Satellite City Hall during normal business hours for a $25 fee. Multiple permits may be purchased. Permits are not available at Oahu fire stations. The fee is nonrefundable, and the permit must be used in the year issued and for only the designated holiday.

Fireworks purchases can only be made at licensed retail sites. Retail licenses shall be prominently displayed in public view and secured at the location for which the license has been issued. Licensed retailers shall not sell more than 5,000 individual firecrackers per permit.