Quiet hours in Mobile County, AL — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Unincorporated Mobile County sets no quiet hours. Alabama counties cannot pass general noise ordinances, so the only limit is state disorderly-conduct law, Ala. Code §13A-11-7, which makes unreasonable noise a Class C misdemeanor.
Alabama follows Dillon's Rule, so the Mobile County Commission holds no power to fix quiet hours in Theodore, Tillmans Corner, Grand Bay, or other unincorporated areas. The governing limit is Ala. Code §13A-11-7: making unreasonable noise with intent to cause public annoyance, or recklessly risking it, is disorderly conduct. The Mobile County Sheriff's Office enforces it and can cite or arrest. Incorporated cities set their own hours under Ala. Code §11-45-1, so Mobile, Prichard, Saraland, and Bayou La Batre run municipal noise ordinances, but those stop at the city limits.
Unreasonable noise is a Class C misdemeanor under Ala. Code §13A-11-7, punishable by up to three months in jail and a fine of up to $500.
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