Noise Ordinances in Iredell County, NC (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Iredell County, North Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
Quiet Hours
Iredell County bars garages, filling stations, factories, stores and similar businesses from operating between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a way that creates loud, disturbing noise reaching nearby homes, hotels or churches. This is the county's nighttime curfew for commercial noise, not a blanket quiet-hours rule for individuals.
Iredell County Nighttime Business Noise Curfew
Some RestrictionsIredell County Code of Ordinances § 7.5-23(6)
Business noises near residences. The operation of any garage, filling station, automobile sales or repair business, taxi business, plant, store, factory, or other business of any type between the hours of nine o'clock p.m. and seven o'clock a.m. in such manner as to create loud and disturbing noises of such frequency or volume as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, peace, or repose of any p...
Barking Dogs
Iredell County treats a pet whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a reasonable person's comfort or repose as a prohibited noise violation. The rule sits inside the county's general noise article and carries the same misdemeanor or civil-ticket penalties as other loud-noise offenses.
Iredell County Barking Dog Nuisance Rule
Some RestrictionsIredell County Code of Ordinances § 7.5-23(2)
Pets. The keeping of any animal, bird, or other pet which, by causing frequent or long-continued noise, shall disturb the comfort or repose of any reasonable person.
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Iredell County bans playing a radio, jukebox, amplifier or musical instrument loud enough to annoy or disturb anyone's quiet, comfort or repose. Violators face a misdemeanor of up to a $500 fine and 30 days, or an escalating civil ticket that starts at $50 for a first offense.
Iredell County Loud Music And Sound Equipment Ban
Some RestrictionsIredell County Code of Ordinances § 7.5-23(1)
Radios, phonographs, etc. The playing of any radio, phonograph, jukebox, piccolo, or other music recordation playing or amplification device, or any musical instrument in such manner or with such volume as to annoy or disturb any person or in such manner as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of any person.
Vehicle Noise
Iredell County bans running a car, motorcycle or boat so out of repair, overloaded or operated as to create loud, unnecessary noise, and separately bars mounting a loudspeaker or amplifier on any vehicle for advertising without the sheriff's special permission. Both are enforced under the county's Article II noise penalties.
Iredell County Vehicle And Loudspeaker Noise Ban
Some RestrictionsIredell County Code of Ordinances § 7.5-23(3), (5)
Use of vehicle. The use of any automobile, motor-propelled boat, motorcycle, or other vehicle or motor-propelled craft so out of repair, so loaded or operated, or used as to create loud, unnecessary or disturbing noises. ... Loudspeakers or amplifiers on vehicles. The use of any mechanical loudspeaker or amplifier of any type on any automobile, truck, airplane or other vehicle for advertising o...
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