Gilbert, AZ Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Code of Gilbert § 62-4
- Rev-engine exception hours
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. only
- Violation classification
- Civil traffic violation
- Prosecuted under
- Section 1-5, A.R.S. Title 28 Ch. 5
- Enforcing agency
- Gilbert Police Department
- Last amended
- Ord. No. 2925, Dec. 17, 2025
Summary
Code of Gilbert § 62-4 bans four specific vehicle noises: tire squealing from aggressive acceleration or turning, illegal horn or signal use, defective or modified exhaust systems that create excessive noise, and revving a stationary engine outside 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. except for repair, adjustment, or testing. Every violation is a civil traffic offense.
A person shall not intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: ... (c)Create or produce noise from an exhaust system of any vehicle that is not equipped or constructed so as to prevent any disturbing or unreasonably loud noise.(d)Rev the engine of any vehicle while such vehicle is not in motion, except when done in the course of repairing, adjusting or testing the vehicle during the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on any day of the week.... (f)Violations of this section are civil traffic violations and shall be prosecuted as provided in section 1-5 of this code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 102).
Full Breakdown
Adopted originally as Code 1984 § 12-1-8 and last amended by Ordinance No. 2925 on December 17, 2025, Section 62-4 targets everyday vehicle noise rather than stationary property noise. Subsection (a) prohibits operating a vehicle at a speed on a curve or turn, or accelerating/decelerating, in a manner that creates disturbing or unreasonable noise through tire squeal on any street, sidewalk, parking garage, or parking lot, or that damages that pavement. Subsection (b) bars sounding a horn, signal, or noise device for any purpose not allowed by the Code, Arizona Revised Statutes, or federal law.
Subsection (c) prohibits an exhaust system that is not equipped or constructed to prevent disturbing or unreasonably loud noise: covering removed mufflers and aftermarket 'loud' exhaust kits. m. Subsection (e) exempts government vehicles operated by local, county, state, or federal employees, and noise from normal business or commerce conducted within customary hours and in compliance with all other ordinances. Subsection (f) classifies every violation as a civil traffic violation, prosecuted under Section 1-5 of the Code rather than as a criminal misdemeanor. The Gilbert Police Department enforces the section and can issue a citation on the spot; the case is then heard under the Arizona Rules of Procedure in Civil Traffic Cases.
Violations & Fines
A citation under § 62-4 is a civil traffic violation, not a misdemeanor, and is prosecuted under Section 1-5 following A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 5, Articles 3 and 4 civil traffic procedures. Section 1-5(c) also provides that a person found responsible for three or more civil Code violations within an 18-month period faces escalated consequences beyond a standard sanction.
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