Auburn, WA Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

each day of the week and defines a juvenile as any unemancipated person under 18. 020 creates four distinct offenses: a juvenile who remains in a public place or on establishment premises during curfew hours; a parent or guardian who knowingly permits or, through insufficient control, allows the juvenile to remain out; a parent or guardian who fails to appear and retrieve the juvenile after police contact under the temporary custody procedure; and a business operator who encourages or affirmatively facilitates a minor's curfew violation.

030 lists ten defenses, including being accompanied by an approved adult, running an errand for a parent, traveling in interstate transit, working or commuting to/from a job, responding to an emergency, standing on the sidewalk outside one's own or a non-complaining neighbor's home, attending a supervised school, religious or civic activity, exercising First Amendment rights, being married or emancipated, or finishing lawful commercial activity and heading straight home. 050 sets a temporary custody procedure delivering the juvenile to a parent, an extended family adult, or, failing that, a contracted social service agency or DSHS facility. 04 RCW juvenile court jurisdiction.