Colorado Springs, CO Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Age covered
- Under 18
- Weeknights
- 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- Weekends
- Midnight to 6 a.m.
- Cruising
- Aimless driving covered
- Parental indifference
- Expressly no defence
Summary
Colorado Springs' curfew lives inside its loitering ordinance: anyone under 18 may not loiter or aimlessly drive about from 10 p.m. on weeknights and midnight at weekends, until 6 a.m.
It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to loiter or to aimlessly drive or ride about, on or about any street, avenue, highway, road, sidewalk, curb, gutter, parking lot, alley, vacant lot, park, playground, yard, building, place of amusement, or eating place, whether public or private, without the consent or permission of the owner or occupant thereof, during the hours ending at six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and beginning at twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and beginning at ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. on Sunday night through Thursday night. No violation of this subsection will have occurred if the person under the age of eighteen (18) years is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other adult person over the age of twenty one (21) years who is authorized by a parent or guardian of the juvenile to take the parent's place in accompanying the juvenile for a designated period of time and purpose within a specified area.
3. It is unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of a juvenile under the age of eighteen (18) years to knowingly permit or allow the juvenile to loiter or to aimlessly drive or ride about at the places and within the time prohibited by subsection C2 of this section. The term "knowingly" includes knowledge which a parent should be reasonably expected to have concerning the whereabouts of a juvenile in that parent or guardian's custody. It shall be no defense that a parent
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-21: Code current through: Ord. 26-23, passed June 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
City Code section 9.2.102(C)(2) makes it unlawful for a person under 18 to loiter or to aimlessly drive or ride about on streets, sidewalks, parking lots, vacant lots, parks, yards, places of amusement or eating places without owner consent during curfew hours: 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday nights and midnight on Saturday and Sunday mornings, until 6 a.m. The aimless-driving clause is distinctive: cruising is covered, not just standing on foot. The only printed exception is accompaniment by a parent, guardian or an adult over 21 authorised for a designated time, purpose and area. The custodial adult who knowingly permits a violation is separately punished, with the section expressly rejecting parental indifference as a defence.
Violations & Fines
A municipal offence for minor and custodial adult alike, punished under the city code's general penalty provisions. No tiered fine schedule is printed in the section.
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