Showing ordinances that apply to Garden Home-Whitford, OR
Garden Home-Whitford is an unincorporated community (population 7,081) in Washington County, Oregon. Because Garden Home-Whitford is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Washington County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The juvenile curfew rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Washington County applies Oregon state juvenile curfew under ORS 419C.680 in unincorporated areas; cities layer local ordinances. Beaverton, Hillsboro, and Tigard each enforce 10 PM-6 AM on school nights for minors under 18, with 12 AM-6 AM weekend hours.
Oregon's state juvenile curfew statute ORS 419C.680 establishes a default curfew for minors under 18: 12 AM-4 AM on weekends and 10 PM-4 AM on weeknights. Washington County's unincorporated areas default to this state framework. Cities impose stricter local variants: Beaverton BC 5.02.160 — 10:15 PM-6 AM Sunday-Thursday and midnight-6 AM Friday/Saturday for under-18; Hillsboro HMC 9.25 — 10 PM-6 AM schoolnights, midnight-6 AM weekends; Tigard TMC 7.44 — matches state law; Tualatin, Sherwood, Cornelius, Forest Grove all similar. Standard exceptions: minor accompanied by parent or guardian, traveling directly to/from work or school function, emergency, First Amendment activities. Daytime truancy curfew (during school hours) also applies under ORS 339.065 and can trigger school attendance citations. Violations: minor typically released to parent; parent or guardian may be cited for contributing. Habitual violations can escalate to juvenile court referral under ORS 419C. MAX Blue Line stations and downtown Beaverton/Hillsboro see occasional enforcement sweeps. Oregon does not permit curfew citations to be converted to permanent criminal records.
First offense: warning, parental notification. Subsequent: $50-$500 to parent; minor may face juvenile court referral under ORS 419C. Daytime truancy: school attendance citation.
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