Plastic Explosives

This section is intended to identify what are聽plastic explosives and how they must be handled.

What is a plastic explosive?

What plastic explosives are required to contain detection agents?

What are the permissible detection agents for marking plastic explosives?

If a person acquired plastic explosives not containing a detection agent before April 24, 1996, may he or she continue to lawfully possess the explosives?

Are police departments exempt from the prohibition against possessing unmarked plastic explosives after April 24, 1999?

Is it lawful to manufacture, import, ship, transport, transfer, receive, or possess any plastic explosive that does not contain a detection agent?