Volusia County, FL Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)

Section 50-478(c) lists specific acts the county has already decided qualify as unlawful 'loud, disturbing and unnecessary' noise, and two of them target vehicles directly. Subsection (c)(1) bars 'the sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile or other vehicle, except as a danger warning,' along with any unreasonably loud or harsh signaling sound, unnecessary or unreasonable duration of sounding, or unreasonable use generally. Subsection (c)(2) covers vehicle stereos and similar devices: it prohibits operating 'any radio, television, tape or record player, amplifier, musical instrument or other machine or device used for the production, reproduction or emission of sound' at a volume that disturbs neighboring inhabitants' peace, quiet and comfort, or that plays 'at any time with greater intensity than is necessary for convenient hearing for the persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which such sound emitter is operated', meaning a stereo audible well outside the vehicle to unwilling listeners is itself the violation, independent of any decibel reading.

' Because this is a 50-478 offense rather than a 50-476 decibel violation, no sound-meter measurement is required, and the sheriff's office is the primary enforcing agency under section 50-472(d). A sworn affidavit from the complaining party is required under subsection (d) before a citation or warrant issues.