Kankakee County, IL Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

Section 10-11, "Animal nuisances and trespasses," lists the barking dog rule among five specific animal offenses: running at large, barking, waste accumulation, offensive odors and public nuisance generally. The barking provision itself reads narrowly around causing "a public nuisance" or disturbing "the peace" through "frequent whining, yelping, barking, howling or other excessive noise," rather than setting a fixed decibel level or time-of-day test. Before the county can file a complaint against a resident for a barking dog, section 10-11(d) requires an authorized county official or sheriff's deputy to inspect the property first, and refusing that inspection counts as a waiver of the right to it.

Once a defendant is convicted of an animal nuisance offense, section 10-11(c) lets the court authorize inspections of the property every three months for two years and, on recommendation of the health or animal control department, cap the number of animals that resident may keep during that period. Enforcement is shared among the animal control department, the health department and the sheriff's department, though the section bars duplicate prosecutions for the same underlying barking incident.