State rankings
Exhaust Laws by State
Exhaust Laws by State: compare 50 US states on 1 metric.
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50 states
Alabama | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Alaska | Not regulated at state level. |
Arizona | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Arkansas | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
California | State has objective method for measuring exhaust noise. and is trialling sound-activated enforcement systems from 2022 through 2027. |
Colorado | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Connecticut | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Delaware | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Florida | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Georgia | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Hawaii | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Idaho | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Illinois | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Indiana | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Iowa | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Kansas | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Kentucky | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Louisiana | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Maine | State has objective method for measuring exhaust noise. |
Maryland | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Massachusetts | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Michigan | State has objective method for measuring exhaust noise. |
Minnesota | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Mississippi | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Missouri | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Montana | State has objective method for measuring exhaust noise. |
Nebraska | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Nevada | State has objective method for measuring exhaust noise. |
New Hampshire | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
New Jersey | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
New Mexico | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
New York | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. as well as cutouts, bypasses or other similar devices. |
North Carolina | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
North Dakota | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Ohio | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Oklahoma | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Oregon | State has objective method for measuring exhaust noise. |
Pennsylvania | State has objective method for measuring exhaust noise. |
Rhode Island | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
South Carolina | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
South Dakota | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Tennessee | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Texas | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Utah | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Vermont | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Virginia | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Washington | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
West Virginia | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Wisconsin | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise., Also prohibits modifying mufflers to make more noise. |
Wyoming | Prohibits mufflers that create excessive or unusual noise. |
Quick answers
- Where does this exhaust laws by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Exhaust Noise Laws By State - Vermont Senate Transformation Committee; The $1000 Tickets Coming to Your State - Dub Magazine.

















































