Albany, OR Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Age covered
- Under 18 years
- Sunday to Thursday nights
- 10:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the following morning
- Friday and Saturday nights
- Midnight to 5:30 a.m. the following morning
- Exempt companion
- Parent, guardian, or chosen companion aged 21 or more
- Other exceptions
- Going to or from employment, night school, or school activities
- Parent duty
- Come to the police station when notified, or commit a separate offense
Summary
In the City of Albany, Oregon, a child under 18 cannot be on a street, alley, park, or other public place during curfew hours without a parent, guardian, or a proper companion aged 21 or older. The printed hours are 10:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights, and midnight to 5:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.
It is unlawful for any child under the age of 18 years to be on or remain upon any street, alley, park or other public place within the City between the hours specified hereafter unless the child is accompanied by a parent, guardian, a person who is to have legal custody or control of the child, or other proper companion of the age of 21 years or more, ... It is unlawful for any parent, legal guardian, or any other adult having the legal care and custody of any minor person under the age of 18 years, to allow or permit any such person to go upon or be upon any street, alley, park or any public place between 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and 5:30 a.m. of the following morning, and between midnight on Friday and Saturday and 5:30 a.m. of the following morning, unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian or any other person lawfully and properly accompanying such minor person.
Full Breakdown
Albany Municipal Code Chapter 7.44, Minors, contains the city's juvenile curfew. Section 7.44.100 makes it unlawful for any child under the age of 18 to be on or remain upon any street, alley, park, or other public place within the City between the hours specified hereafter. The child is excused when accompanied by a parent, guardian, a person who is to have legal custody or control of the child, or another proper companion aged 21 or more, specifically chosen by the parent, guardian, or legal custodian to escort the child on that occasion. A child going to or from employment, night school, or school activities that make it necessary to be in public during the nighttime is also excused.
The clock hours are printed in the next section, § 7.44.110, which is written as a duty on the adult. It is unlawful for any parent, legal guardian, or other adult having legal care and custody of a minor under 18 to allow the minor to be on any street, alley, park, or public place between 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and 5:30 a.m. of the following morning, and between midnight on Friday and Saturday and 5:30 a.m. of the following morning, unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian or another person lawfully and properly accompanying the minor. Both sections must be read together to get the hours.
Enforcement is by the Albany Police Department. Section 7.44.120 authorizes any police or law enforcement officer to take charge of a person under 18 who is violating the chapter, take that person to the police station, immediately notify the parent or guardian, and hold the minor at the police station pending the parent's or guardian's arrival. Under § 7.44.130, it is a separate offense for a guardian or other adult with legal care and custody to refuse to come to the police station and take the minor home immediately after the Police Department notifies them.
The code history notes for §§ 7.44.100 and 7.44.110 cite Ordinance 1555 of 1943 and Ordinance 3228 of 1965. Chapter 7.44 prints no penalty clause of its own.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 7.44 prints no penalty, so AMC § 1.04.010 applies. An offense with no stated penalty is deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $2,500 or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both. Under § 1.04.020 the City Attorney can instead treat the case as a violation, with a civil penalty of not more than $1,000. A guardian's refusal to collect the minor from the police station is charged as a separate offense.
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