2 rules for unincorporated Essex County, Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts has no statewide juvenile curfew, and Essex County has no county code. A few towns keep local nighttime curfews, but the state's high court limits how they can be enforced.
Parks in Essex County close at night. State conservation land follows a dawn-to-dusk rule under 302 CMR 12.03, and each town sets matching hours for its own parks and playgrounds.
302 CMR 12.03
DCR property shall be open to the public from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset as published by the National Weather Service, unless otherwise posted or permitted.
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