# S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-2: Licenses required for sale of fireworks--Application--Duration--Display--Violation as misdemeanor

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-2
- **Heading:** Licenses required for sale of fireworks--Application--Duration--Display--Violation as misdemeanor
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 34 / Chapter 37 / Section 34-37-2

## Text

A person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the person sells, holds for sale, or offers for sale, as wholesaler or retailer, any fireworks in this state without a license as a wholesaler or retailer issued under this chapter.

Application for a license as wholesaler or retailer shall be made to the Department of Public Safety on forms to be prescribed by the department. An application shall be accompanied by an application fee of five hundred dollars for a wholesaler's license, and twenty-five dollars for a retailer's license.

In addition to a license as a retailer issued under this section, a retailer shall obtain a retailer sales license for a fee of twenty-five dollars, for each sales period specified in § 34-37-10 , during which a retailer may sell fireworks. An application for the retailer sales license in any year shall be received by the department no later than fifteen days before the beginning of the sales period. Any application for a retailer sales license received after that date shall be denied by the department and returned to the applicant, together with any application fee submitted. The retailer sales license expires sixty days after the end of the sales period and is renewable annually until the application deadline for the corresponding sales period. The retailer licensee shall at all times display the retailer sales license at the retailer's place of business.

Any funds received by the department under this section shall be deposited in the state general fund.

Source: SL 1964, ch 31, §§ 3, 4; SL 1977, ch 190, § 101; SL 1982, ch 18, § 101; SL 1998, ch 213, § 3; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 20; SL 2013, ch 161, § 1; SL 2019, ch 154, § 2, eff. Mar. 20, 2019.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-1 Definition of terms](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-2 Licenses required for sale of fireworks--Application--Duration--Display--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-2.1 Minimum age for sale or dispensing of fireworks--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-2.1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-2.2 Sales to out-of-state residents--Early and late season licenses--Copy of law and map provided with sale--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-2.2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-3 Prohibited fireworks--Manufacture or use as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-3.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-4 Possession, sale, or use of unauthorized fireworks--Misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-5 Consumer fireworks permissible--Use of unauthorized fireworks as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-5.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-6 Submission of fireworks for examination by department--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-6.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-7 Exemptions from chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-8 Unlicensed transportation of fireworks into state for sale--Misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-9 Records to be kept by licensee--Inspection--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-9.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-10 Periods and time during which retail sales permitted--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-10.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-10.1 Sale from motor vehicle--Misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-10.1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 34-37-10.2 Exits from structures where fireworks sold--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T34_C37_S34-37-10.2.md)

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