Michigan law requires every motor vehicle, including motorcycles and mopeds, to have a working muffler that prevents excessive or unusual noise, and bans muffler cutouts and bypasses. This statute (MCL 257.707) applies statewide across all of Kent County.
Vehicle noise in Kent County is governed primarily by state statute, not the county. MCL 257.707 mandates a muffler in good working order and constant operation and forbids removing muffler baffles or using a cutout, bypass, or similar device. Kent County has no separate motor-vehicle noise ordinance; enforcement is by the Michigan State Police and local police under the Vehicle Code. Grand Rapids layers on its own limits, including Sec. 9.63(6) barring horn use except as a danger warning and Sec. 9.70 limiting vehicle sound systems audible at 50 feet by day or 25 feet at night.
A muffler or exhaust violation under MCL 257.707 is a civil infraction under the Michigan Vehicle Code, ticketed by state or local police. Grand Rapids vehicle sound-system violations (Sec. 9.70) carry a fine of $50 to $100.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Kent County, MI
Kent County has no ordinance using the word 'hoarding,' but its adequate-care, sanitary-condition, and cruelty provisions let Animal Control seize animals ke...
Kent County, MI
Kent County's Animal Control Ordinance does not address feeding wild animals. Deer and elk baiting and feeding are regulated statewide by the Michigan DNR, w...
Kent County, MI
Kent County requires licensing and leashing only for dogs, not cats. Cats are still covered by the ordinance's adequate-care and cruelty provisions, and by M...
Kent County, MI
Kent County sets no general household pet cap, but any establishment keeping three or more dogs for sale, boarding, breeding, or training for pay is a 'kenne...
Kent County, MI
Backyard composting is allowed and encouraged in Kent County. Michigan law bans yard clippings from landfills, and the Kent County Department of Public Works...
Kent County, MI
Kent County has no artificial-turf ordinance. Whether synthetic grass is allowed in a front yard is a city or township zoning and property-maintenance questi...
See how Kent County's vehicle noise rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.