Ashwaubenon, WI Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew hours (general)
- 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Curfew hours (lodging establishments)
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Age covered
- under 17 years old
- First detention
- warning only, per § 9-1-15(G)
- Repeat parental violation penalty
- general penalty, § 1-1-13
Summary
Ashwaubenon bars anyone under 17 from loitering or remaining on a street, alley or public place between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. without a parent or guardian, with exceptions for errands, employment, and trips home from supervised school, church or civic events. Parents, amusement operators and lodging operators who let violations happen also face liability.
(1) Specified. No child under the age of 17 years shall loiter, idle or remain upon any street, alley or other public place in the village between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. the next day, unless such child is accompanied by his parent, guardian or other adult person having legal custody of such child. ... (H) Penalty. (1) Any parent, guardian or person having legal custody of a child described in subsection (A), (C), (D) or (E) of this section who has been warned in the manner provided in subsection (G) of this section and who thereafter violates any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Ordinance 1-1-13
Full Breakdown
Section 9-1-15 sets the core curfew at subsection (A): no child under 17 may loiter, idle or remain on any street, alley or other public place in the Village between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent, guardian or other adult with legal custody. Listed exceptions cover a child running an errand for a parent, a child on their own premises or the area immediately adjacent, a child whose job requires being out during those hours, and a child returning home from a supervised school, church or civic function, though subsection (2)(b) makes clear these exceptions do not authorize unnecessary loitering or sitting in a parked car on public streets.
The ordinance extends liability beyond the child: subsection (B) penalizes a parent or guardian who permits the violation, subsection (C) penalizes an amusement or entertainment operator who lets an unaccompanied minor loiter on the premises during curfew hours, and subsection (D) sets a separate, earlier window of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. for hotels, motels, lodging houses and rooming houses. Subsection (E) separately bars loitering in or around school and playground areas between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days for anyone not there on official business.
A detained child is taken to the police department or county sheriff for identification and released to a parent under subsection (F); a first detention brings a warning under subsection (G), and only a subsequent violation after that warning triggers the penalty in subsection (H).
Violations & Fines
Under subsection (H), a parent, guardian or custodian who has already received the required warning and then lets the curfew be violated again is subject to a penalty under the Village's general penalty ordinance, Section 1-1-13, meaning a forfeiture of $1 to $5,000 plus costs of prosecution for a first such penalty, with jail time in default of payment capped at 90 days. A child taken into custody a second time is instead handled under Wisconsin's juvenile code, Wis. Stat. ch. 48, rather than the municipal forfeiture system.
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