Apple Valley, MN Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

Chapter 130 of the Apple Valley Code of Ordinances sets a nighttime curfew for minors in the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota. The City Council adopted it after finding, in § 130.80, an increase in juvenile violence and crime by minors in the city. A minor is a person under the age of 18 years, and the definition excludes persons under 18 who are married or have been legally emancipated. A public place is any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, including streets, highways, parks, schools, and the common areas of hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.

Section 130.82(A) covers minors under 15. They cannot be in a public place between 10:00 p.m. on any Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, or between 11:00 p.m. on any Friday or Saturday and 5:00 a.m. on the following day. Section 130.82(B) covers minors 15, 16 or 17 years of age: 11:00 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday until 5:00 a.m. of the following day, and 12:01 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. on any Saturday or Sunday.

Ten exceptions in § 130.83 apply. They include accompaniment by a parent or an authorized adult (any person at least 18 years of age whom a parent has authorized to take the parent's place), an emergency, lawful employment and the trip to or from work, supervised school, religious or recreational activities sponsored by a city, the county or a civic organization, an errand directed by a parent without any detour or stop, interstate travel, the boulevard or sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or the next-door neighbor's residence if that neighbor has not complained to the police department, First Amendment rights, and homelessness.

Before any enforcement action, § 130.84 requires the officer to ask the apparent offender's age and reason for being in a public place, and bars a citation or arrest unless the officer reasonably believes an offense has occurred and no exception applies. Section 130.86 directs the Police Chief to report to the City Council every year on violations and on criminal activity by and against minors.