Curfew Laws
Juvenile curfew hours, park curfews, and loitering ordinances.
Three unrelated things get called a curfew. Juvenile curfews put minors home by a stated hour, with exceptions for work, school events, and travel with a parent; decades of constitutional challenges have narrowed them. Park hours close public grounds overnight to everyone and produce most of the actual citations. Emergency curfews exist only while a declaration is in force.
Confusing the three is common and consequential, since each has its own exceptions, penalties, and defenses.
All 50 States: Curfew Laws at the State Level
Each tile shows the strongest state-level rule for that state. Click a state to see its full statewide rules and how local cities are constrained.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions