Las Vegas, NV Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Las Vegas, NV, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Audibility limit
- Plainly audible at 50 feet = violation
- Loudspeaker curfew
- 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. banned outdoors
- First-offense fine
- At least $50 (LVMC 9.16.050)
- Exemption
- City special event permit required
- Enforcement
- Misdemeanor citywide, Chapter 9.16
Summary
Amplified music audible beyond 50 feet from the source violates Las Vegas's noise code, and outdoor loudspeakers face an 11 p.m.-7 a.m. curfew unless the event holds a special permit.
Operating or playing, or permitting the operation or playing of, any radio, television, phonograph, stereo, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier or similar device which produces, reproduces or amplifies sound in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance...The operation or playing of such radio...sound amplifier or similar device in such a manner or at such a volume as to be plainly audible to the human ear at a distance of fifty feet from the source of the noise shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this Chapter
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
Under LVMC 9.16.030(B), playing a radio, stereo, drum, musical instrument or sound amplifier so it is plainly audible 50 feet from the source is prima facie evidence of a noise-disturbance violation citywide. Subsection (K) separately bars outdoor loudspeakers and PA systems audible at 50 feet and bans their use outright between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. in public rights-of-way or public spaces. Bands and venues playing outdoors need a City special event permit, or must fall within the Downtown Entertainment Overlay or Las Vegas Arts District exemptions, to avoid citation. First offense carries a fine starting at $50 under 9.16.050.
Violations & Fines
First offense: fine of at least $50; second offense at least $100; third and later offenses at least $250, per LVMC 9.16.050.
Frequently Asked Questions
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