Wyoming, MI Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Stereo audible limit, day
- 50 feet, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
- Stereo audible limit, night
- 25 feet, 7 p.m.-7 a.m.
- Muffler alteration
- Banned unless it cuts noise
- Emergency vehicles
- Exempt while on duty
- Heavy-truck sale noise cap
- 75 dB(A), post-1980 models
- Enforcement
- Police citation, civil infraction fine
Summary
Wyoming, Michigan limits a parked or moving vehicle's sound system to being audible at 50 feet during the day and 25 feet at night, and separately bans altering a muffler or exhaust to make it louder, with an exemption for emergency vehicles on duty.
While operating or in control of a stopped or moving motor vehicle, operating or allowing the operation of a sound system in the vehicle so as to produce clearly audible sound at a distance of 50 feet from the vehicle between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. or 25 feet from the vehicle between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. This section shall not apply to the sound system of a police, fire or other public service vehicle while in the performance of any public service.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 26 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Sec. , cutting the audible distance by more than half overnight. The sound system of a police, fire or other public-service vehicle is exempt while performing a public service. Separately, Sec. 30-102(11) bars altering, modifying or changing any exhaust muffler, intake muffler or other noise-abatement equipment on a motor vehicle unless the change reduces the noise emitted, though worn abatement equipment may be replaced with parts certified to meet or exceed the manufacturer's original specification. The same article also caps noise from newly sold vehicles by weight class and manufacture date under Sec.
30-102(7), for example any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more manufactured after January 1, 1980 may not exceed 75 dB(A) at 50 feet under SAE Standard J-366a.
Violations & Fines
No special fine appears in Sec. 50-233 or Sec. 30-102(11), so the citywide default under Sec. 1-27 applies: a municipal civil infraction of $75 for a first offense, $500 for a second within a year, and $2,500 for a third, with each day a separate violation.
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