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Noise Ordinances in Duluth, MN (2026)

3 verified noise ordinances for Duluth, Minnesota, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Barking Dogs

Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-33(a) makes it unlawful to harbor or keep a dog whose loud and frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling causes reasonable annoyance to another person. The same section separately bars nuisance crowing or clucking from fowl and habitual vocalizations from any other animal that annoy neighbors.

Duluth Barking Dog Noise Ordinance

Some Restrictions

Duluth Legislative Code § 6-33(a)

No person shall harbor or keep any dog which, by loud and frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling shall cause reasonable annoyance of another person or persons;

Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound

Duluth's disorderly conduct ordinance bars loud music or electronically amplified noise from a dwelling that disturbs a neighboring apartment, dwelling or building, and separately bans commercial sound-broadcasting devices on public streets and grounds without authorization.

Duluth amplified music and noise ban

Some Restrictions

Duluth Legislative Code § 34-6(a)

(a) No person shall commit or suffer to be committed in any apartment or other dwelling owned, occupied or controlled by him, any rioting, quarreling, fighting, reveling, shouting, loud music or electronically amplified noise, or disorderly conduct which disturbs or annoys another person in a neighboring apartment or other dwelling, or in a neighboring building, or lawfully in the vicinity of s...

Vehicle Noise

Duluth bars motor vehicles from emitting electronically amplified sound plainly audible 50 feet away, requires an effective muffler, and bans engine retarding brakes (jake brakes) that cause abnormal or excessive noise from a defective or modified exhaust.

Duluth vehicle stereo, muffler and jake brake rules

Some Restrictions

Duluth Legislative Code § 34-23

(a) No motor vehicle, as defined in Section 33-1 of this Code, shall emit any electronically amplified sounds that are plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the vehicle, provided that this Section shall not apply to: (1) Sirens, horns or other signaling devices used by an authorized emergency vehicle as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 169.01; ... (3) It shall be unlawful for the o...

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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Duluth city rules.

Noise Ordinances in St. Louis County