Elyria, OH Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

Elyria Codified Ordinances § 509.09 is enacted by the Elyria City Council in Lorain County, Ohio, and it puts the duty on the adult. It reaches any person having control and custody of a minor, or being the minor's parent or guardian, and it bars that person from permitting the minor to remain away from the minor's residence or on unenclosed lands during the restricted hours.

Three time windows apply. Minors age fifteen and under are restricted after 11:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m. of the following day, seven days a week. Minors age sixteen and seventeen are restricted after 11:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m. from Sunday through Thursday. For sixteen and seventeen year olds on Saturday (Friday night) and Sunday (Saturday night), the restricted window shifts to after 1:00 a.m. and before 6:00 a.m.

Subsection (b) carves out minors on an emergency errand or on legitimate business, and the code names two examples: the delivery of newspapers and returning home from work.

Subsection (c) covers organized events. When a school, church, lodge or other organization within the City sponsors a function attended by minors in the covered age groups and the minors will be dismissed later than the curfew allows, the sponsor must first obtain approval from the Police Chief or authorized personnel. Minors at an approved function must be at home and off the streets, sidewalks, public places, places of amusement and entertainment and unenclosed lands within the City within thirty minutes after the entertainment or function has ended.

The Elyria Police Department enforces the section. Subsection (d) classifies the offense as a curfew violation, a minor misdemeanor. Section 509.99 sends readers to Section 501.99 for the penalties that apply to each misdemeanor classification.