Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 1022 (2026)

Noise in the nighttime

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Subchapter 004 : OTHER DISTURBANCES OF THE PEACE

(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 1022)

§ 1022. Noise in the nighttime

A person who, between sunset and sunrise, disturbs and breaks the public peace by firing guns, blowing horns, or other unnecessary and offensive noise shall be fined not more than $50.00. However, this section shall not prevent a person employing workers, for the purpose of giving notice to his or her employees, from ringing bells or using whistles or gongs of such size and weight, in such manner, and at such hours as the selectboard members of the town, the aldermen of the city, or the trustees of the village may prescribe in writing.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1972–1972 · leading case: State v. Becker, 287 A.2d 580 (Vt. 1972).

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State v. Becker, 287 A.2d 580 (Vt. 1972). · cites it 3× “On September 1, 1970, David Becker was arrested and arraigned before the District Court of Vermont, Unit VI, Windsor Circuit, on an information and warrant alleging that the respondent did disturb and break the public peace by an unnecessary and offensive noise in the nighttime,…”

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