Noise Ordinances in Hall County, GA (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Hall County, Georgia.
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Quiet Hours
Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., Hall County treats a radio, phonograph, or similar device audible from 100 feet away as automatic evidence of a noise violation. Section 8.80.020B sets that overnight window on top of the general daytime standard, which bars sound louder than reasonably necessary for a voluntary listener in the same room or vehicle.
Hall County Nighttime Radio Noise Curfew
Some RestrictionsHall County Code of Ordinances § 8.80.020
B.Radios, phonographs, similar devices. The using of, operating of, or permitting to be played, used or operated, any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for any producing or reproducing of sound in a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with a louder volume than is reasonably necessary for the...
Barking Dogs
Hall County bans keeping a domesticated or agricultural animal that makes loud, unnecessary or unusual noise audible more than 100 feet away and that unreasonably disturbs the comfort or repose of others, covering nuisance barking outside agricultural property.
Hall County Loud Animal Noise Ban
Some RestrictionsHall County Code of Ordinances § 4.10.270
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any domesticated animal or agricultural animal that makes, continues or causes to be made or continues any loud, unnecessary or unusual sound or noise which unreasonably annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others in the jurisdiction of the governing authority and which is audible to a pers...
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Hall County's noise code flatly declares it unlawful to run a loudspeaker or sound amplifier on the public streets for commercial advertising or to draw attention to a building. Section 8.80.020C lists this alongside horns and radios as a per se loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise, regardless of how loud it actually plays.
Hall County Ban on Advertising Loudspeakers
Heavy RestrictionsHall County Code of Ordinances § 8.80.020
The following are declared to be loud, disturbing and unnecessary noises in violation of this section, but this enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:...C.Loudspeakers, amplifiers for advertising. The using of, operating of, or permitting to be played, used or operated, any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other machine or device for...
Vehicle Noise
Hall County requires every engine exhaust, whether on a car, stationary engine, or motor boat, to run through a muffler that stops loud or explosive noise, and it bans unnecessary or unreasonably loud horn use on public streets. Both rules sit in Section 8.80.020, the county's list of per se unlawful noises.
Hall County Muffler and Vehicle Horn Rule
Some RestrictionsHall County Code of Ordinances § 8.80.020
A.Horns, signaling devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public area in the county except as a danger warning, the creation of any unreasonable loud or harsh sound by means of any signaling device and the sounding of any device for any unnecessary and unreasonable period of time....G.Exhausts. The discharge into the...
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