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Noise Ordinances in Sedgwick County, KS (2026)

3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.

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

Quiet Hours

Every Sedgwick County park, lake and recreational area observes quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., during which making or maintaining excessive noise is banned under Sec. 20-110(b). Breaking quiet hours is a Class G violation, fined $75 for a first offense within 12 months.

Quiet Hours at Sedgwick County Parks

Some Restrictions

Sedgwick County Code Sec. 20-110(b)

Quiet hours. Quiet hours shall be observed at any county park, lake, and recreational area between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The production, making, or maintaining of excessive noise during quiet hours is prohibited.

Barking Dogs

Sedgwick County code lists excessive barking, whining or howling as a nuisance-animal violation whenever it is continuous or untimely enough to disturb a neighbor living within 100 yards of the animal. Animal control can cite the owner for harboring a nuisance animal, a class G violation, and repeat offenses can escalate to a habitual-nuisance hearing.

Barking Dog Nuisance Rules in Sedgwick County

Some Restrictions

Sedgwick County Code Sec. 5-161(b)(12)

Nuisance animal defined. Nuisance means any animal that has acted in such a manner as to constitute any one (1) or a combination of the following:...(12)Barking, whining or howling in an excessive fashion, which is hereby defined as continuous or untimely so as to disturb the sleep or peaceful enjoyment of an individual who is a neighbor (a neighbor for this purpose is hereby defined as an indi...

Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound

Unincorporated Sedgwick County has no city-style decibel ordinance for amplified music. Instead, K.S.A. 21-6203 makes it a class C misdemeanor to engage in noisy conduct that reasonably arouses alarm, anger or resentment in others, or to use fighting words. Conviction carries up to a $500 fine and one month in the county jail.

Amplified Noise Law in Unincorporated Sedgwick County

Some Restrictions

K.S.A. 21-6203(a), (b)

(a) Disorderly conduct is one or more of the following acts that the person knows or should know will alarm, anger or disturb others or provoke an assault or other breach of the peace: (1) Brawling or fighting; (2) disturbing an assembly, meeting or procession, not unlawful in its character; or (3) using fighting words or engaging in noisy conduct tending reasonably to arouse alarm, anger or re...

Noise Ordinances by City in Sedgwick County

1 cities in Sedgwick County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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