Collierville, TN Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

Section 130.019 of the Collierville Code of Ordinances, adopted in Ord. 2003-08, splits the curfew by age. Under division (A), it is unlawful for a minor between 17 and 18 years of age to remain in or upon any public street, highway, park, vacant lot, establishment or other public place within the Town Monday through Thursday between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and Friday through Sunday between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. Under division (B), a minor 16 years of age and under is covered Monday through Thursday between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and Friday through Sunday between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Division (C) puts the burden on parents and guardians as well. It is unlawful to knowingly permit, or by inefficient control allow, a minor to be or remain on a street or establishment outside the exceptions. Knowingly includes knowledge a parent or guardian should reasonably be expected to have about the minor's whereabouts, and the code adds that it is not a defense that a parent was completely indifferent to the minor's activities or whereabouts.

Division (D) lists nine exceptions. They include: accompaniment by a parent or guardian at any time; accompaniment by an adult the parent authorized; an errand directed by the parent until 12:30 a.m.; legal employment, from 45 minutes before to 45 minutes after work, with written evidence of employment from the employer; being on the minor's own property or the adjacent sidewalk until 12:30 a.m.; returning home by direct route within 30 minutes of a school, religious, or entertainment event, but not beyond 1:00 a.m.; reasonable necessity communicated by the parent to law enforcement; First Amendment activity with advance written notice; and good-faith interstate travel in a motor vehicle with parental consent.

Under division (F), the apprehending officer, for a first violation and if effective, takes the minor home and warns and counsels the parents or guardians, issues a summons to appear at juvenile court, or brings the child into the custody of the juvenile court. Division (G) treats the minor's violation as an unruly act governed by Tenn. Code Ann. Title 37.