Hendricks County, IN Right to Farm: Farm Nuisance Protection (2026)

01, and the first one protects agriculture directly: "Any noise commonly associated with normal or customary farm or farming-related activities" is exempt from being classified as a nuisance. , the farm exemption matters most for overnight harvest, drying, and livestock operations that would otherwise fall inside the curfew window. The exemption is narrow in scope: it is written into the noise-nuisance chapter of the general code, not a stand-alone right-to-farm statute, so it shields customary farm noise specifically rather than every category of nuisance a farm operation might generate, such as odor or dust.

04, meaning a deputy investigating a nighttime noise complaint against a farm in unincorporated Hendricks County must first determine whether the source is normal or customary farming activity before any citation can issue. The exemption sits alongside five other carve-outs in the same section, covering permitted fireworks, authorized special events, school activities and related sporting events, ordinary construction noise, and customary residential activities like lawn care, all adopted together by Ordinance 2021-60 on October 26, 2021.