Hoover, AL Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- First offense fine
- $50
- Second offense fine
- $100
- Third offense
- Court required
- Exempt vehicles
- Police, fire, emergency vehicles
- Governing section
- § 11-153(b)(3)
Summary
Hoover prohibits sounding a horn, alarm, or other signal device on a parked private or commercial vehicle unless it's a genuine danger signal; violators face escalating municipal fines under the city's noise ordinance.
The sounding of any horn or signal device on a private or commercial automobile, truck, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle while not in motion, except as a danger signal, or if in motion, only as a danger signal after or as brakes are being applied and deceleration of the vehicle is intended, is prohibited and a violation of this section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 11-153(b)(3) bars sounding any horn or signal device on a private or commercial vehicle while parked, except as a genuine danger signal, and even a moving vehicle's horn is limited to braking/deceleration warnings. The rule targets both deliberate horn-honking and alarms that blare without cause. Enforcement reaches only private and commercial vehicles; police, fire, and other government emergency vehicles are exempt. A first violation runs $50, a second $100, and a third sends the case to municipal court under § 11-153(b)(7).
Violations & Fines
First offense: $50 fine. Second offense: $100. Third offense goes to trial before the municipal court, per the city's escalating penalty schedule in § 11-153(b)(7).
Frequently Asked Questions
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