Noise from Specific Sources in Barrow County, GA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Barrow County, Georgia.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Barrow County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Bar & Nightclub Noise

Unincorporated Barrow County treats music blasting from a bar or nightclub as a criminal noise violation under Code section 58-4. Any radio, jukebox, live band or sound system played loud enough to be plainly audible 50 feet from the source, especially between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., is presumed a violation, and the Sheriff's Office can cite the operator for a misdemeanor.

Bar and Nightclub Noise in Barrow County

Some Restrictions

Barrow County Code § 58-4(b)(2)

(2)Radios, phonographs, similar devices. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to unreasonably disturb the peace, quiet, repose of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities or at any time with louder volume than is reaso...

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Car Alarm Limits

Unincorporated Barrow County bans sounding a car horn or any other vehicle signaling device, including an alarm, for longer than needed to warn of danger. Code section 58-4(b)(1) makes it unlawful to let a horn or alarm blast unreasonably loudly or for an unreasonable period on any street or public place, and Sheriff's deputies can cite the vehicle's owner.

Vehicle Horn and Alarm Noise in Barrow County

Some Restrictions

Barrow County Code § 58-4(b)(1)

(1)Horns, signaling devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public place in the county, except as a danger warning; the creation of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of this signaling device and the sounding of this device for an unreasonable period of time; the use of any signaling device, except one oper...

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