Solano County, CA Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew hours
- 10:00 p.m. to sunrise
- Age covered
- Under 18 years
- Exception
- Accompanied by parent, guardian, or spouse over 21
- Business duty
- Bars/cafes/dance halls must exclude minors after 10 p.m.
- Lodging duty
- Hotels must report unaccompanied minors to sheriff
Summary
No one under 18 may loiter on unincorporated Solano County streets or public places between 10:00 p.m. and sunrise unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, or a spouse over 21. Parents who allow a violation, and businesses that let minors linger past curfew, face separate liability.
No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall loiter in or about any public street or other public place or any place open to the public in the unincorporated territory of the county between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and the time of sunrise of the following day when not accompanied by the minor’s parent, guardian or other adult person having the legal care, custody and control of such person, or spouse of such person over twenty-one (21) years of age.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 1868, passed April 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
and sunrise the following day, unless accompanied by the minor's parent, guardian, or other adult with legal care, custody and control, or by the minor's own spouse if that spouse is over 21. Section 16-11 makes it unlawful for a parent, guardian, or other person with legal custody of a minor to permit that minor to violate the curfew in Section 16-10, so responsibility runs to the adult as well as the minor. and the following sunrise unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, or adult custodian.
Section 16-13 layers on a reporting duty for lodging operators, requiring every hotel, boardinghouse, lodging house, tenement house, motor court, or apartment house owner, agent, manager, or keeper to immediately report to the sheriff's office the presence of any unaccompanied minor, including the minor's name, age, last known address, and the names and residences of parents or guardians. Section 16-14 requires that whenever a minor is arrested for violating the chapter, the county probation officer's office be notified and given a copy of the arrest report.
Violations & Fines
The curfew chapter does not itself set out a distinct fine schedule in these sections; enforcement runs through the sheriff's office and county probation, with Section 16-14 requiring that every juvenile arrest report under this chapter go to the probation officer. A parent or guardian who permits a minor to violate curfew is independently liable under Section 16-11, and a business owner who lets a minor stay past hours violates Section 16-12 regardless of whether the minor is separately cited.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time does the juvenile curfew start in unincorporated Solano County?
Can a parent be held responsible for a Solano County curfew violation?
Are bars and restaurants required to enforce the curfew?
Sources & Official References
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