Marysville, WA Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- MMC § 6.76.060(2)
- First violation
- $250 civil infraction
- Repeat within 24 hrs
- Misdemeanor charge
- Enforced by
- Marysville Police Dept.
Summary
Marysville treats a horn or siren that sounds frequently, repeatedly, or continuously on a motor vehicle as a public nuisance under the city's noise ordinance, punishable as a civil infraction.
The frequent, repetitive or continuous sounding of any horn or siren attached to a motor vehicle, except as a warning of danger or as specifically permitted or required by law;
(3) The creation of frequent, repetitive or continuous noise in connection with the starting, operation, repair, rebuilding, or testing of any motor vehicle, motorcycle, off-highway vehicle, or internal combustion engine within Class A EDNA, so as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and repose of owners or possessors of real property;
(4) Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on or near the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or at any time and place so as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with peace, comfort and repose of owners or possessors of real property;
(5) The use of a sound amplifier or other device capable of producing or reproducing amplified sound on public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or sales or for attracting the attention of the public to any vehicle, structure or property or the contents therein, except that vendors whose sole method of selling is from a moving vehicle shall be exempt from this subsection;
(6) The making of any loud and raucous noise which unreasonably interferes with the use of any school, church, hospital, sanitarium, nursing or convalescent facility;
(7)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4922912; v1 updated 2026-06-08; through 06-08-2026).
Full Breakdown
Marysville Municipal Code § 6.76.060(2) makes it unlawful to let a vehicle horn or siren sound frequently, repeatedly, or continuously, except as a genuine danger warning or when required by law. The city has no separate car-alarm ordinance: this general noise-nuisance provision is what Marysville Police cites against alarms left blaring. A first violation is a $250 civil infraction under MMC § 6.76.090; a repeat within 24 hours of a citation or police warning becomes a misdemeanor. The community development director can grant a variance from the chapter for a $50 fee, but only for defined hardship circumstances.
Violations & Fines
Frequent, repetitive, or continuous horn/siren sounding without a genuine danger warning; enforced by Marysville Police as a public-nuisance noise violation under MMC § 6.76.060(2).
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