Noise Ordinances in Norfolk County, MA (2026)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 21 (Municipal By-Law Authority — Cities and Towns May Enact Ordinances Including Noise and Quiet-Hour Regulations) (Massachusetts General Laws; applies to all cities/towns within the county)

Section 21. Towns may, for the purposes hereinafter named, make such ordinances and by-laws, not repugnant to law, as they may judge most conducive to their welfare, which shall be binding upon all inhabitants thereof and all persons within their limits. They may, except as herein provided, affix penalties for breaches thereof not exceeding three hundred dollars for each offense, which shall en...

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 157 (Nuisance and Dangerous Dog Procedures — Complaints About Barking or Disturbing Dogs) (Massachusetts General Laws; applies to all cities/towns within the county)

Section 157. (a) Any person may file a complaint in writing to the hearing authority that a dog owned or kept in the city or town is a nuisance dog or a dangerous dog; provided, however, that no dog shall be deemed dangerous: (i) solely based upon growling or barking or solely growling and barking; (ii) based upon the breed of the dog;

MGL c. 272, Section 53 - Penalty for certain offenses (Disturbers of the Peace / Noisy Houses)

Section 53: Penalty for certain offenses. Section 53. (a) Common night walkers, common street walkers, both male and female, persons who with offensive and disorderly acts or language accost or annoy another person, lewd, wanton and lascivious persons in speech or behavior, keepers of noisy and disorderly houses, and persons guilty of indecent exposure shall be punished by imprisonment in a jai...