Noise Ordinances in North Carolina (2026)

Orange County's unincorporated noise ordinance caps residential sound at 55 dBA daytime and 50 dBA at night. Chapel…

Alamance County bars unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise countywide in the unincorporated area from…

Apex bans plainly audible noise that disturbs neighbors during nighttime hours, defined as 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., covering…

In unincorporated Brunswick County, radios, TVs, musical instruments and similar sound devices cannot be operated so…

Playing a radio, TV, stereo, or musical instrument loud enough to disturb neighbors is banned countywide between 11…

Catawba County's noise ordinance sets an 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet period during which firearm discharge and garage…

Charlotte bars front-end loaders, garage machinery, construction equipment and lawn tools from running between 9:00…

Concord bars yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing in residential and noise-sensitive areas, and in public…

Unincorporated Craven County enforces a general 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet-hours scheme under Section 24-22. Noise…

In Fayetteville, unreasonably loud noise within 100 yards of a home is prohibited 10 p.m.-7 a.m., and residential sound…

Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Durham bans radios, phonographs and musical instruments played loud enough to disturb…

Durham County bans any 'unreasonably loud and disturbing noise' under Code Sec. 14-26, a general nuisance standard…

Beyond its decibel table, Fayetteville separately bans any unreasonably loud, disturbing noise within 100 yards of an…

Forsyth County's "Loud and disturbing noise" ordinance singles out the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., when…

Gastonia bans running garage or service station machinery between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in residential zones or…

Greensboro bars outdoor sound amplification, amplified instruments or sound reproduction devices between 11:00 p.m. and…

In unincorporated Guilford County, NC, noise ordinance Sec. 11-8 bans unreasonably loud, disturbing, annoying or…

Harnett County caps continuous sound at 55 decibels near residential property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., down…

Playing a radio, TV, stereo or instrument audible 30 feet or more from a dwelling's property line, especially between…

Iredell County bars garages, filling stations, factories, stores and similar businesses from operating between 9:00…

Pitt County's Noise Ordinance sets a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. quiet window for residential areas: Section 3(B)(5) bars…

Raleigh defines 'nighttime hours' as 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and bars playing a radio, TV, stereo, tape deck or musical…

Rockingham County bans loud stereos, radios, and firearms noise between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that disturbs residents'…

Rowan County's Noise Ordinance bars unreasonably loud or unnecessary noise in the unincorporated county between 10:00…

Shelby limits amplified sound to 50 dB(A) overnight (9 p.m.-9 a.m.), down from 60 dB(A) by day, and caps residential…

Wake County Code §92.05(L) bans operating or maintaining any garage or filling station in a residential district so as…

Garbage, recyclable, and yard-waste collection, plus outdoor lawn mowers and other domestic power tools, are barred…

Winston-Salem bans loud yard and garage equipment, front-end loaders, garage machinery, lawn mowers and gas-powered…

Alamance County bars building erection, demolition, alteration or repair noise in residential areas between 8:00 p.m…

Apex bars construction noise in residential and business districts on weekday evenings, most of Saturday, and all…

Asheville limits permitted construction activity to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, absent an…

Brunswick County bans plainly audible construction or demolition noise in the unincorporated county between 7:00 p.m…

Building work that generates noise, including excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair, is barred in residential…

The Town of Cary exempts construction work and machinery from its noise ordinance only Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-6 p.m., and…

Catawba County bars most building construction and demolition noise outside 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and…

Charlotte bars construction machinery, including bulldozers, jackhammers, pile drivers and air compressors, from…

Concord bars unreasonably loud and raucous construction, demolition or street-excavation noise outside 7 a.m. to 7 p.m…

Unincorporated Craven County bars construction and demolition tools between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when the noise…

Unincorporated Cumberland County bars construction, drilling, repair or demolition tools between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. on…

Erecting, demolishing, altering, repairing, or exterior-cleaning a building in a residential or business district in…

Durham County bars erecting, demolishing, altering or repairing a building in a residential or business district…

Fayetteville shuts down construction and demolition tool noise from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays and 9 p.m. to 9 a.m…

Neither Forsyth County's Sec. 15-1 nor Winston-Salem's Chapter 46 sets a numeric construction-hours window. Instead…

Gastonia limits excavation, building erection, demolition and repair work in non-commercial and non-industrial areas to…

Greensboro bars construction noise in residential districts between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and in all other districts…

Guilford County's general noise ordinance treats government street construction as exempt from its 'unreasonably loud'…

Construction noise in unincorporated Harnett County is barred between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in residential areas, and…

High Point bars construction noise, building erection, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair, between 6 p.m. and…

Construction, agricultural, lawn care and vehicle or boat repair equipment may not run before 7:00 a.m. or after 8:00…

Construction work in unincorporated Moore County, including excavation, demolition, alteration and repair, is barred…

Sec. 23-34(b) bars operating construction machinery, chainsaws and garage machinery between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

Raleigh bars construction noise, erecting, demolishing, altering or repairing any building or structure, outside 7:00…

Building work counts as unlawful noise at night: no erection, demolition, alteration or repair between 8 p.m. and 6…

Rose Hill limits building erection, demolition, alteration, and repair work, including excavation, in residential and…

Construction work and machinery in Shelby are only exempt from the noise ordinance on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m…

Union County exempts construction noise from its nuisance-noise ordinance only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on…

Wake County Code §92.04(A)(3) permits construction equipment to operate only during DAYTIME HOURS (7 a.m. - 11 p.m.) in…

In unincorporated Wayne County, § 30-148(e) bars construction, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair work in a…

Construction activity in residential or downtown areas is barred from midnight to 7:00 a.m., and all day on New Year's…

Alamance County makes it unlawful for a dog's keeper or custodian to let it bark, whine, or howl for a protracted…

Apex Town Code makes it unlawful to keep an animal or bird whose frequent or long continued noise disturbs the comfort…

Asheville treats continual or repeated dog barking that disturbs a reasonably prudent neighbor as a public nuisance…

Brunswick County treats a dog that barks nonstop for five minutes, or intermittently for ten, between 11:00 p.m. and…

Keeping any animal or bird that, by frequent or long-continued noise, disturbs the comfort and repose of neighbors is a…

In the Town of Cary, Wake County, North Carolina, a dog's barking becomes a nuisance once it continues more than 15…

Catawba County outlaws keeping any animal or bird that causes frequent, habitual, repeated or excessive noise under…

In unincorporated Cleveland County, an owner cannot let an animal run at large so that it habitually disturbs or annoys…

Sec. 9.5-29 makes it unlawful in unincorporated Cumberland County to let a dog bark continuously for 10 minutes or…

Keeping an animal or bird that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort and repose is…

Durham County treats a barking, roaming or otherwise disruptive animal as a nuisance under Sec. 4-136, which bars any…

Forsyth County Code Sec. 15-1 lists keeping any animal whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a reasonable…

A dog that disturbs neighbors with continued or repeated howling, yelping or barking is a nuisance animal under Code of…

Letting a dog or other animal bark, whine, howl, crow or cackle in a 'long-continued or frequent fashion' that…

Guilford County's noise ordinance lists a dog or bird whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a neighbor's…

Harnett County treats a barking dog or noisy pet as a Chapter 92 noise violation, not just an animal-control matter: §…

High Point treats a barking dog or noisy bird as an unlawful "disturbing" noise if it causes frequent or long continued…

Iredell County treats a pet whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a reasonable person's comfort or repose as…

A dog or other animal that barks or makes noise frequently or continuously enough to disturb neighbors violates section…

Kill Devil Hills' noise ordinance singles out animal noise: keeping an animal that causes frequent or long continued…

A barking dog in unincorporated Lincoln County is not handled by Animal Services: § 92.09(B)(3) of the county's Animal…

Habitual barking, howling or whining that unreasonably disturbs neighbors is a nuisance under Moore County's animal…

Sec. 23-37 makes it unlawful to own, keep or harbor a dog, other animal or bird that, by frequent or habitual howling…

Onslow County treats a dog or other animal whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a neighbor's comfort and…

Pitt County treats a barking dog or noisy bird as a Section 3(B)(6) violation once it makes 'frequent and long…

Raleigh prohibits keeping any animal or fowl that, by habitual or frequent barking, howling, crying, squawking, or…

Rockingham County treats a dog or bird whose frequent, long noise disturbs neighbors as an unreasonably loud noise…

Rose Hill classifies a barking dog as a nuisance animal when the noise runs more than 15 minutes in any 30-minute…

Shelby declares habitual dog barking that seriously annoys neighbors a public nuisance, enforceable by abatement…

Union County treats a dog that barks, whines or howls "in an excessive or continuous fashion" so as to seriously annoy…

Wake County Code §92.05(O) makes it unlawful to keep any bird, livestock or other animal that, by causing frequent or…

Keeping an animal or bird that frequently or for long periods makes noise that would disturb a reasonable person is a…

Winston-Salem treats dogs that bark, howl, or whine for 15+ minutes and seriously annoy neighbors as a nuisance. Police…

Charlotte bans keeping any dog, other animal or bird that habitually howls, yelps or barks so as to seriously annoy a…

Concord bans unreasonably loud and raucous noise from any animal or bird whose owner or caretaker lets it continue…

In unincorporated Wayne County, § 30-148(d) makes it unlawful to keep any animal or bird in a manner that causes…

In unincorporated Brunswick County, leaf blowers, lawnmowers and other lawn care equipment cannot be run so that the…

Buncombe County has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Blowers and power fans fall under the general noise rule: they…

Catawba County bars running lawn mowers or other power-operated domestic tools, including leaf blowers, outdoors…

Charlotte bans running lawn mowers and other domestic power tools outdoors, a category that reaches leaf blowers…

Concord restricts internal-combustion power blowers, including gas leaf blowers, in residential and noise-sensitive…

Unincorporated Craven County treats leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other domestic power tools like saws, sanders, drills…

Unincorporated Cumberland County treats leaf blowers as domestic power tools: no outdoor use between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m…

Durham has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Powered yard equipment is instead governed by the general 60 dB(A)…

Forsyth County and Winston-Salem set no leaf-blower-specific decibel or model ban. Winston-Salem Code Sec. 46-5 does…

Gastonia bars running lawn mowers or other power-operated domestic tools, which covers leaf blowers, outdoors between…

Guilford County has no leaf-blower-specific ban or hour rule. A gas leaf blower is judged under the general Sec. 11-8…

Raleigh's noise code exempts 'lawn care equipment and agricultural field equipment used during the daytime hours' from…

Shelby limits lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and other landscaping equipment to 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00…

Unincorporated Union County only exempts leaf blowers and other landscape maintenance equipment from its noise…

Winston-Salem bars gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other gas-powered yard tools outdoors between 10:00…

Greensboro exempts mowers, tillers, leaf blowers, edgers and weed eaters from its noise article only between 7:00 a.m…

Moore County's noise ordinance exempts lawn care equipment, including leaf blowers, only between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00…

Fayetteville sets no leaf blower ban, fuel restriction, or equipment decibel rating. Blowers fall under the domestic…

Wake County Code §92.04(A)(2) exempts lawn care equipment and agricultural activities from the noise pollution…

Amplified music must meet the applicable noise ordinance's decibel limits. Chapel Hill tightly polices amplified party…

Amplified outdoor sound on Apex, NC public property, streets, sidewalks, public vehicular areas, beyond set noise…

Asheville bars aiming amplified sound at neighboring properties to attract attention to a business or event, and bans…

Buncombe County bans commercial loudspeakers and amplifiers outright and caps noncommercial use so a speaker's voice…

Operating a radio, amplifier, or mechanical musical instrument in Durham so its sound is 'cast directly upon the public…

Gastonia bars sound amplification devices, TVs and musical instruments that unreasonably disturb residential quiet or…

Harnett County bans commercial loudspeaker and amplifier advertising outright and caps non-commercial amplified speech…

Using a loudspeaker, drum or sound-amplifying device to attract attention to a show, sale or business in unincorporated…

Rose Hill bans radios, amplifiers, phonographs, and loudspeakers played loud enough to annoy or disturb reasonable…

Amplified sound equipment used on Winston-Salem streets, sidewalks, parks or other public areas needs a city permit, is…

Alamance County outright bans mechanical loudspeakers or amplifiers on trucks or vehicles for advertising or other…

Brunswick County bars loudspeakers, public address systems, mobile sound trucks, and similar amplified sound equipment…

Outside bars, advertising and public rights-of-way, the Town of Cary caps other amplified sound equipment at 60 dB(A)…

Catawba County bars playing sound amplification devices, TVs or musical instruments loudly enough to unreasonably…

Concord bans radios, stereos, and similar devices that stay plainly audible 30 feet away in a residential area, or 50…

Craven County Code § 24-22(b)(1)-(2) bars operating radios, musical instruments, sound amplifiers or loudspeakers…

In unincorporated Cumberland County, radios, TVs, instruments and loudspeakers cannot create excessive noise across a…

Playing any radio, phonograph, or musical instrument loudly enough to annoy or disturb residents, particularly between…

Fayetteville bans radios, tape players, and loudspeakers on public streets, sidewalks, parks, and parking lots, plus…

Forsyth County Code Sec. 15-1 prohibits playing any radio, instrument or amplifying equipment at a volume that disturbs…

Playing a radio, amplifier, loud speaker or musical instrument loudly enough to disturb neighboring inhabitants is a…

Greensboro bans outdoor amplified sound between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. under City Code § 18-50.1, and separately caps…

Outdoor music in unincorporated Guilford County falls under Sec. 11-8. Using a loudspeaker to attract attention to a…

High Point caps amplified sound from commercial and entertainment venues at audible-beyond-30-feet between 2 a.m. and 7…

Iredell County bans playing a radio, jukebox, amplifier or musical instrument loud enough to annoy or disturb anyone's…

Playing a radio, TV, record player, musical instrument or any sound-amplifying device loudly enough to disturb…

Kill Devil Hills bans playing a television, musical instrument or other electronic sound amplification system loud…

Amplifying or intensifying the human voice or any other sound so that it annoys or disturbs reasonable persons of…

New Hanover County Code Sec. 23-34(b)(5) bars playing any sound-magnifying device, radio, television, phonograph…

Onslow County bans playing a radio, phonograph or musical instrument loud enough to disturb the quiet, comfort or…

Pitt County bans playing a radio, phonograph, amplified sound device, television or musical instrument at a volume that…

Commercial establishments running amplified music outdoors, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, venues, face hard decibel…

Rockingham County bans loud radios, stereos, and amplifying devices between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if the volume disturbs a…

Rowan County bars playing radios, stereos or other amplified sound equipment loudly enough to annoy or disturb the…

Shelby caps amplified sound equipment at set decibel levels by time of day, with tighter limits overnight and near…

Union County bans any radio, stereo, CD player or other sound amplification device, whether operated by a pedestrian or…

Wake County Code §92.03(A)(2) makes it unlawful to play any radio, music player, television, audio system or musical…

In unincorporated Wayne County, § 30-148(c) bars playing a radio, stereo, or other sound-amplifying device loudly…

City Code Sec. 6-30(e) makes it a noise violation to intentionally project sound from a drum, loudspeaker, or music…

Property inside Concord's Airport Overlay District near Concord Regional Airport carries a mandatory noise disclosure…

New homes inside Durham's Airport Overlay near Raleigh-Durham International must keep interior aircraft noise at or…

Durham's noise ordinance expressly exempts sounds from the normal operation of properly equipped aircraft, and aircraft…

Fayetteville's code flatly prohibits unnecessary noise by aircraft operators under City Code § 3-9. The rule sits in…

Forsyth County and Winston-Salem set no local decibel limit on aircraft; aircraft noise and operations are regulated…

Piedmont Triad Airport (GSO) has a FAA Part 150 program with sound insulation for homes in the 65 DNL contour. Noise…

Harnett County's Military Corridor Overlay District regulates land use, not decibels, inside the Pope Army Airfield…

Moore County's airport ordinance imposes a noise curfew on aircraft using the county airport in unincorporated Moore…

Anyone selling or leasing property inside the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone around Marine Corps Air Station…

Asheville exempts aircraft noise entirely from its municipal noise ordinance. Sec. 10-86(9) excepts "sound emanating…

Brunswick County's noise ordinance expressly exempts normal aircraft and airport noise from every quiet-hours and…

The Town of Cary's noise ordinance exempts normal aircraft operations entirely, though scale model aircraft noise is…

Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), an American Airlines hub, generates significant aircraft noise over west…

Cumberland County's noise ordinance carves aircraft entirely out of its rules: normal aircraft operations, including…

Guilford County's noise ordinance does not reach aircraft. Sec. 11-8(d)(4) exempts 'noise originating from aircraft or…

Aircraft noise is preempted by the FAA and not subject to Huntersville Chapter 92. Charlotte Douglas International…

Shelby's noise ordinance exempts all noise from normal aircraft operations, including helicopters, from its…

Unincorporated Union County's noise ordinance doesn't touch aircraft. Section 26-21(12) exempts 'noise created by any…

Unincorporated Wayne County's noise ordinance exempts aircraft noise outright: County Code § 30-149(5) excuses noise…

Smith Reynolds (INT) and Piedmont Triad (GSO) aircraft noise is federally preempted under 49 U.S.C. 40103…

Apex bans emission of unreasonably loud sound from any source under Town Code § 14-31, but exempts light-industrial and…

Asheville caps outdoor sound at 72 dBA daytime and 67 dBA nighttime in the Central Business District, 65/57 dBA in…

Buncombe County's noise ordinance sets no numeric decibel limit. Instead it prohibits any 'unreasonably loud…

Race shops and race team complexes permitted by special use in Cabarrus County's Agricultural/Open district must keep…

Cary's noise code makes it unlawful to create sound exceeding 60 dB(A) affecting another occupied residential…

Charlotte's noise ordinance sets hard decibel ceilings for amplified sound: 55 db(A) during the day and 50 db(A) at…

Concord's noise ordinance sets no decibel-meter threshold; instead § 30-204(5) bars radios, stereos and musical…

Fayetteville City Code Sec. 17-10 sets maximum sound levels by land use and time of day: 60 dB by day and 55 dB at…

Durham caps mechanically or electronically amplified sound measured at the property line at 50 dB(A) overnight (11:00…

Durham requires compressed-air mechanical devices to be effectively muffled, bars unmuffled engine exhaust and…

Fayetteville caps ambient noise by property type and time of day: residential areas are held to 60 decibels from 6 a.m…

Forsyth County measures noise by distance, not decibels: Code Sec. 15-1(c) makes it unlawful to play a radio, tape…

Code of Ordinances § 8-2 sets numeric maximum sound-pressure levels by octave band across residential, commercial and…

Greensboro caps noise at residential property lines using a table: 70 dB(C) daytime / 65 dB(C) nighttime in residential…

Guilford County's noise ordinance, Code Sec. 11-8, does not set a decibel-meter threshold; instead it bans any…

Harnett County sets numeric decibel ceilings by land use in § 92.29: continuous residential sound is capped at 60 dB(A)…

Johnston County has no blanket citywide decibel cap; its everyday noise rule bans only "unreasonably loud or…

Kill Devil Hills sets numeric decibel caps by zoning district and time of day under Town Code § 130.02(C). Residential…

Nash County's only numeric decibel standard applies to junkyards and salvage operations under Nash County Code Sec…

New Hanover County caps ambient-combined sound at 75 decibels in nonresidential zones and 65 decibels in residential…

Pitt County's Noise Ordinance caps sound at the receiving property line using Table I, a grid of maximum decibel levels…

County law bans unmuffled blower, fan, and engine noise from disturbing neighbors, folding commercial and industrial…

Rowan County zoning caps noise from mining and manufacturing operations, plus similar special-use industrial and…

In Shelby, non-amplified noise from a business, industrial, or commercial source that reaches an occupied home may not…

In unincorporated Union County, an outdoor entertainment or spectator-sports use sited less than 200 feet (minor) or…

Wake County Code §92.05(H), (I), and (L) target industrial and commercial noise: construction over 1,000 ft from…

Unincorporated Wayne County caps noise at 90 decibels under County Code § 30-150: continuous sound cannot exceed 90db…

City Code Sec. 6-33 sets maximum sound levels by zone and time of day: 75 dB(A) daytime and 65 dB(A) overnight…

Alamance County's noise ordinance bans vehicles so out of repair, loaded or operated that they create grating, grinding…

Apex bans car stereos, radios, or other sound systems audible from 50 feet on public streets or at a private residence…

Asheville bans operating any motor vehicle with a non-functional or missing muffler-exhaust system, and using unmuffled…

Brunswick County bans motor vehicle and motorcycle exhaust or mechanical noise that carries 200 feet or more, and car…

In unincorporated Buncombe County, running a vehicle so out of repair or loaded that it makes loud grating, rattling…

Cary bans loud vehicle noise and car stereos audible 30 feet away, with a limited 60 dB(A) allowance for business or…

Catawba County bans unnecessary horn use, driving without a proper muffler, tire-screeching or engine-racing, and loud…

Charlotte bans driving with a removed or broken muffler or noise-control system that creates unreasonably loud…

Concord's noise ordinance separately caps vehicle horns and engine compression brakes. Section 30-204(2) bars sounding…

Modified exhaust, excessive engine revving, car stereos audible beyond 25 feet, and squealing tires are prohibited…

Unincorporated Craven County bars operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat with a defective or modified…

Unincorporated Cumberland County caps motor vehicle noise by weight class and speed, from 76 dB(A) for cars up to 95…

Durham bans vehicles so out of repair that they grate, grind or rattle, and requires motor vehicle exhaust to run…

Durham prohibits operating any vehicle so out of repair, loaded, or driven as to create loud grating, grinding, or…

Fayetteville caps motor vehicle noise by weight class and posted speed: heavy trucks over 10,000 pounds are held to…

Forsyth County Code Sec. 15-1 bans playing a radio or amplifier in a vehicle on public right-of-way loud enough to be…

Excessive horn use, unmuffled exhaust and defective, rattling vehicles are all separately banned nuisance noises under…

Gastonia bans driving without a working muffler, unnecessary horn use, tire-screeching or engine-racing, and operating…

Greensboro bans car stereos audible 30 feet away, racing engines or spinning tires, and unmuffled engines under City…

Guilford County Code Sec. 11-8 bans loud car stereos, blaring horns, screeching tires and defective exhaust. A vehicle…

Harnett County bans operating a vehicle so out of repair, modified, loaded or driven that it creates loud grating…

Modified exhaust, loud car stereos, and engine revving are regulated under Huntersville Chapter 92 and NCGS 20-128…

Iredell County bans running a car, motorcycle or boat so out of repair, overloaded or operated as to create loud…

Driving an automobile, motorcycle, ATV or any motor vehicle that is out of repair, modified from factory settings, or…

Kill Devil Hills bars operating a motor vehicle or motor boat with a defective or removed muffler, spinning tires or…

Vehicle noise in Matthews is regulated under state law N.C.G.S. 20-128 requiring functional mufflers, plus local…

Moore County bars vehicle horns sounded more than 30 seconds and vehicles running without proper mufflers or…

In unincorporated Nash County, a vehicle stereo audible more than 60 feet away, unreasonable horn use, and a vehicle…

Sec. 23-38 bans operating or allowing the operation of any motor vehicle in the county whose muffler-exhaust or other…

Onslow County bars sounding a vehicle horn while parked except as a danger signal, and bars driving a vehicle so out of…

Pitt County bans sounding a vehicle horn or signal device except as a danger signal, and prohibits any horn or signal…

Raleigh bans driving a vehicle so out of repair, overloaded or modified that it's plainly audible 50 feet away making…

County code bans loud exhaust, revving, and out-of-repair vehicles that create grinding or screeching noise on any…

Rose Hill's noise ordinance names an out-of-repair or overloaded vehicle that grates, grinds, or rattles, and an…

In Shelby, it's illegal to drive with unreasonably loud vehicle noise or play a car stereo audible from 30 feet away.

Union County bars sounding a car horn, whistle or signal device "so as to create any unreasonable, loud or harsh sound"…

Wake County Code §92.05(B), (C), (F) prohibits vehicle exhaust noise from out-of-repair or modified vehicles…

In unincorporated Wayne County, § 30-148(b) bars sounding a vehicle horn, signal device, or siren so as to create an…

Sounding a vehicle horn for an unnecessary or unreasonable period, running a non-emergency siren, or driving without a…

Car audio audible 50+ feet from a vehicle violates Winston-Salem noise code. Exhausts louder than stock are prohibited…