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Noise from Specific Sources in Greenwood County, SC (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Greenwood County, South Carolina.

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

Car Alarm Limits

Greenwood County's general noise ordinance bars sounding a vehicle horn or signal device except as a genuine danger warning, and separately bars any signal device from making loud or harsh noise or sounding for an unnecessary period, the standard county officials apply to a nuisance vehicle alarm.

Greenwood County Vehicle Horn & Signal Noise Rule

Some Restrictions

Greenwood County Code § 11-3-2(a)(1)

(a)It shall be unlawful for any persons to make, continue, or cause to be continued, any loud, excessive, unnecessary, or disturbing noise, or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, within the limits of the unincorporated area of the county, except with the permit of the sheriff. ... (1)Blowing horns. The sounding o...

Low-Frequency Bass Limits

Greenwood County's noise ordinance bars playing a radio, stereo, or musical instrument at a volume that annoys or disturbs another person, including bass-heavy sound that disrupts the quiet of a dwelling. The rule applies throughout unincorporated Greenwood County and carries fines up to $200.

Greenwood County Loud Music & Stereo Noise Rule

Some Restrictions

Greenwood County Code § 11-3-2(a)(2)

(a)It shall be unlawful for any persons to make, continue, or cause to be continued, any loud, excessive, unnecessary, or disturbing noise, or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, within the limits of the unincorporated area of the county, except with the permit of the sheriff. ... (2)Radios, phonographs, televisi...

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