Hall County, GA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Hall County, GA, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Quiet hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Audibility threshold
- Plainly audible at 100 feet
- Legal effect
- Prima facie evidence of violation
- Daytime standard
- No louder than needed for listener
- Violation classification
- Misdemeanor, Magistrate/State Court
Summary
Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., Hall County treats a radio, phonograph, or similar device audible from 100 feet away as automatic evidence of a noise violation. Section 8.80.020B sets that overnight window on top of the general daytime standard, which bars sound louder than reasonably necessary for a voluntary listener in the same room or vehicle.
B.Radios, phonographs, similar devices. The using of, operating of, or permitting to be played, used or operated, any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for any producing or reproducing of sound in a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with a louder volume than is reasonably necessary for the convenient hearing for the person who is in the room, vehicle, or chamber in which this machine or device is operated, and who is a voluntary listener thereto. The operation of the set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet from the room, building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of 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 80).
Full Breakdown
020B regulates radios, phonographs, musical instruments, and similar sound-producing machines around the clock, making it unlawful to run one loud enough to disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of neighbors or louder than reasonably necessary for a voluntary listener in the same room, vehicle, or chamber. so that it is plainly audible 100 feet from the room, building, structure, or vehicle where it sits is prima facie evidence of a violation, meaning the county does not have to separately prove the sound was unreasonable during those hours.
010, which already bars any loud, unnecessary, or unusual sound audible past 100 feet that unreasonably disturbs others at any hour, and the animal-noise standard in subsection E, which covers barking dogs, roosters, and other noisy animals or birds that disturb neighbors' rest. Multiple roosters on a property that is not a bona fide farm fall under that same subsection, though roosters already on hand as of the ordinance's 2004 amendment were grandfathered until September 30, 2004.
Violations & Fines
A radio or similar device audible at 100 feet between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is treated as a per se violation of Section 8.80.020, a misdemeanor under Section 8.80.040 punished before the Magistrate or State Court of Hall County as provided in Code Section 1.50.020, at the court's discretion for each occurrence.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time do quiet hours start in unincorporated Hall County?
Do I have to prove my neighbor's music actually disturbed me?
Does the noise code cover animals as well as electronics?
Sources & Official References
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