Rock County has no county-wide light-trespass ordinance. Glare or spillover from a neighbor's outdoor lights is generally handled as a private nuisance, or under any lighting rule your specific town or city has adopted.
Light trespass, unwanted light spilling onto your property, is not addressed by a general Rock County ordinance, and Wisconsin has no statewide standard. If a bright security or yard light shines into your home, your first step is talking with the neighbor about aiming or shielding it. Absent a local ordinance, the legal remedy is a private-nuisance claim (a light that substantially and unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of your property). Some Wisconsin municipalities have adopted lighting or nuisance-lighting ordinances; check whether your town, village or city has one. In county-zoned areas, shielding may also be a condition on a specific development's permit.
Without a dedicated ordinance, remedies are civil nuisance actions or enforcement of any local lighting ordinance, not a set county forfeiture.
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