Noise Ordinances in Shawnee County, KS (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Shawnee County, Kansas.

Verified from official government sources

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

Barking Dogs

In platted subdivisions where the rule has been activated, Sec. 5-55(c) makes it unlawful to keep or harbor a dog that 'frequently disturbs the peace or repose of any persons in the vicinity by long, continued barking, howling or other noise.' Licensed shelters and permitted kennels are exempt, and violators face up to a $250.00 fine.

Shawnee County Barking Dog Nuisance Rule

Some Restrictions

Shawnee County Code § 5-55(c)

It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, hinder or prevent the impounding of any dog found at large contrary to the provisions of this article or to break open, damage or destroy the door, gate or enclosure of any impoundment area to take, or attempt to take therefrom, any dog impounded therein. It is unlawful for any person to keep or harbor any dog which frequently disturbs the peace or rep...

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Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound

Unincorporated Shawnee County has no separate county noise ordinance capping amplified sound or setting quiet hours; deputies instead enforce Kansas's disorderly conduct statute, K.S.A. 21-6203, which criminalizes "noisy conduct tending reasonably to arouse alarm, anger or resentment in others." A conviction is a class C misdemeanor, punishable by up to a month in county jail and a $500 fine.

Shawnee County Amplified Sound & Noise Rules

Some Restrictions

K.S.A. 21-6203

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 resent...

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