Dodge County, WI Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Dodge County, loitering or prowling in a place, time or manner unusual for law-abiding people, under circumstances warranting alarm for safety, is a citable offense…

Unincorporated Dodge County bans making or causing any loud, disturbing or unnecessary sound or noise that would disturb a person of ordinary sensibility, the same disturbing-the-peace…

Dodge County has no separate public-consumption ordinance. Section 9.01 instead adopts Wisconsin's possession statute, § 961.41(3g), as county law, so possessing 25 grams or less…

Dodge County sets park hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. for Astico, Derge, Harnischfeger, Ledge and Nitschke Mounds parks, and Section 19.05 makes it unlawful for anyone to be in a…

Dodge County's park code, Chapter 19, prohibits running a generator, sound truck, loudspeaker or other sound amplification device that produces excessive, loud or unusual noise inside…

In unincorporated Dodge County it is unlawful to loiter on public streets, alleys, sidewalks, street crossings or bridges in a way that blocks their ordinary free use, and a separate…

Dodge County's Land Resources and Parks Committee can require a permit and charge a fee for reserving any county park facility, equipment, shelter or land area under Section 19.06, and…

Dodge County requires a County Clerk-issued license, applied for at least 60 days in advance, before anyone may organize an actual or anticipated assembly of 1,000 or more people…

In unincorporated Dodge County, anyone owning or running a carnival, concert, street fair, farmers or flea market, or similar place of amusement must ask the Sheriff for an…

Dodge County bars keeping or harboring a dog whose frequent or habitual howling, yelping or barking would disturb a person of ordinary sensibility living nearby, part of the county's…

In unincorporated Dodge County it is unlawful to make unnecessary and annoying noise with a motor vehicle by squealing tires, revving the engine, or running a loud exhaust. A first…

Dodge County bars using a sound amplification device, sound truck, loudspeaker, generator or other device that produces excessive, loud or unusual noise anywhere in the county park…

Dodge County adopts Wisconsin's dogs-running-at-large and untagged-dog statute as county law under § 9.01, citing loose or untagged dogs in the unincorporated area at $30.00 for a…

Dodge County confines fires in its parks to designated stoves, cooking grills, fire rings or pits, bars leaving any fire unattended, and prohibits starting or maintaining a fire during…

Dodge County does not write its own fireworks ban. Instead, § 9.01 adopts Wisconsin's fireworks statute, § 167.10, by reference and enforces it in unincorporated Dodge County as a $200…

Dodge County requires pawnbrokers, secondhand article dealers and secondhand jewelry dealers to upload required transaction data to a Sheriff's Office-designated website within 24…

Dodge County enforces Wisconsin's general stopping, standing, and parking statutes on county roads, plus its own named no-parking zones on specific county trunk highways. Violators…

A vehicle, trailer, or mobile home left unattended for more than 48 hours on any highway or public or private property in unincorporated Dodge County is deemed abandoned and a public…

It is unlawful in unincorporated Dodge County to deposit solid waste, from garbage to brush to cigarette butts, on any highway, in county waters, on other public property, or on…