Glynn County, GA Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Vehicle stereo rule
- Glynn County Code § 2-9-52(11)
- Stereo audibility limit
- 100 feet, per O.C.G.A. § 40-6-14
- Repair/testing noise rule
- Glynn County Code § 2-9-53(d)(4)
- Repair noise standard
- not plainly audible across residential boundary
- Enforcing agency
- Glynn County Police Department
- Penalty range
- warning, then $100–$1,000 fine or up to 60 days
Summary
Glynn County's own noise ordinance defers car-stereo volume to state law: O.C.G.A. § 40-6-14 bars an in-vehicle sound system from being plainly audible 100 feet away. Separately, county code bars repairing, rebuilding or testing any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat so loudly that the noise crosses a residential property line.
(11)Sound volumes produced by radio, tape player, or other mechanical sound-making device or instrument from within a motor vehicle on a street or highway, which sound is controlled by the O.C.G.A. § 40-6-14. O.C.G.A. § 40-6-14 makes it unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway to operate or amplify the sound produced by a mechanical sound-making device from within the motor vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet or more from the motor vehicle. ... Vehicle or Motor Boat Repair or Testing. It shall be unlawful for any person to repair, rebuild, modify or test any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat in such a manner as to produce noise that is plainly audible across a residential real property boundary.
Full Breakdown
§ 40-6-14, which the county's own text describes as making it unlawful to operate or amplify an in-vehicle sound system so that it is plainly audible at 100 feet or more from the vehicle. That carve-out only covers music and sound-system playback while driving; it does not touch vehicle repair noise. Section 2-9-53(d)(4), "Vehicle or Motor Boat Repair or Testing," separately makes it unlawful to repair, rebuild, modify or test any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat in a manner that produces noise plainly audible across a residential real property boundary, a rule that reaches loud exhaust work, revving and engine-brake-style testing done at a home or shop near housing.
Both provisions sit in the county's Noise Abatement Ordinance, Chapter 2-9, Article II, administered by the Chief of Police, and both use the same "plainly audible" measurement standard defined in § 2-9-51.
Violations & Fines
Violations of the vehicle repair/testing noise rule fall under § 2-9-58: the Chief of Police enforces the noise ordinance, and a conviction is punishable by a warning for a first offense and thereafter a fine of at least $100.00 up to $1,000.00, imprisonment of at least 24 hours up to 60 days, or both, with immediate arrest authorized and each day treated as a separate offense. In-vehicle stereo playback on a street is instead enforced as a state traffic violation under O.C.G.A. § 40-6-14, not a county noise citation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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