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How to file a noise complaint in Mesa

Last updated: September 20, 2026

Documenting this? A dated log of when the noise started, when it stopped and how loud it got is what Mesa acts on. Log noise levels for a complaint — free, runs in your browser, records no audio.

Official text: Mesa City Code, Title 6 "Police Regulations," Chapter 12 "Offensive, Excessive, and Prohibited Noises," Secs. 6-12-1 through 6-12-11, re-enacted in full by Ord. No. 5750 (adopted 12-1-2022, repealing the former Chapter 12 that derived from Ords. 4942 and 4962): 6-12-1 purpose, 6-12-2 definitions, 6-12-3 general prohibitions (the eight factors), 6-12-4 animals, 6-12-5 motor vehicles (including the 50-foot rule for vehicle sound systems), 6-12-6 general exemptions (construction and yard-work hours), 6-12-7 temporary exemptions, 6-12-8 persons responsible, 6-12-9 enforcement, 6-12-10 penalty, 6-12-11 habitual offender. Text read on Municode (the City's code host) on 2026-09-20..

Where to file in Mesa

Per mesaaz.gov, Mesa Police, "Noise Disturbance": "To report, call 480-644-2211, option 2" (the Police non-emergency line); the page describes the ordinance as created in 2009 "to increase neighborhood safety and reduce threats to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare," covering "parties and social gatherings or events," and tells residents to read the full ordinance for what is and is not allowed. Non-emergency crimes can also be reported online through the Mesa Police online reporting system; animal noise goes to Animal Control through the City's animal-noise disturbance complaint process. Sec. 6-12-9 lets police officers, code compliance officers, animal control officers, park rangers and any other City employee authorized by City Management enforce the chapter, and temporary exemptions are filed with the Code Compliance Administrator (6-12-7(B)).

From the city's official pages and code, verified 2026-09-20. Numbers and departments change; if a line does not answer, the city's main switchboard or 311 can redirect you.

Before you call

1. Log it. Date, start and end time, what the noise was and where you heard it from. Three dated entries carry more weight than one angry call.
2. Measure it if you can. Mesa enforces mostly by audibility, so the log is the main evidence, but a reading shows how loud it really was. The free noise log runs in your browser, records nothing, and saves a dated report.
3. Check the rule. Quiet hours in Mesa are 10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. weighs against you; construction 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.. The Mesa noise ordinance page quotes the code verbatim, so you can cite the section.
4. Try the source once. A neighbour, landlord or venue manager often fixes it faster than the city does, and telling them first strengthens a later complaint.

What happens after you file

Non-emergency noise reports are queued, not dispatched, so a first call rarely ends the noise that night. What it does is start a record against the address. Repeated reports, a dated log and a reading are what move a case from a warning to a citation. Where the city needs an officer to witness the noise, as most audibility rules require, file while it is happening rather than the next morning.

How loud is Mesa in general? The Mesa noise map shows the federal transportation-noise data for every neighbourhood, and the apartment quiet hours page compares every city's night rule.

Who do I call for a noise complaint in Mesa?

Per mesaaz.gov, Mesa Police, "Noise Disturbance": "To report, call 480-644-2211, option 2" (the Police non-emergency line); the page describes the ordinance as created in 2009 "to increase neighborhood safety and reduce threats to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare," covering "parties and social gatherings or events," and tells residents to read the full ordinance for what is and is not allowed.

What are the quiet hours in Mesa?

10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. weighs against you; construction 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.. The full rule, quoted from the code, is on the Mesa noise ordinance page.

Should I call 911 for noise in Mesa?

Only if there is danger, a threat or a crime in progress. For ongoing noise use the non-emergency police line or the department named above; repeated calls build an official record tied to the address, which is what code enforcement acts on.

What evidence helps a noise complaint in Mesa?

Mesa enforces mostly by whether the sound is plainly audible at a set distance, so a log of dates, times, durations and where you could hear it from matters more than a meter reading, though a reading still helps.

This page is a plain-language guide to the reporting route, not legal advice. Ordinances and contact numbers get amended; check the linked official sources before relying on a specific provision.