Glendale, AZ Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

m. m. The ordinance also reaches parents and guardians directly: it is unlawful for a parent or guardian to "knowingly permit, or by insufficient control, allow a minor to violate" the curfew, and unlawful for a parent, guardian, or custodian to refuse to take custody of the minor when a police officer demands it after arresting the minor under section 26-53(a) or (b). Section 26-52 defines a minor as anyone under 18, a guardian as a court-appointed guardian or an adult at least 21 authorized by a parent to have custody, and "insufficient control" as a parent's failure to exercise reasonable supervision.

Section 26-54 lists defenses an officer must consider before citing anyone: the minor was accompanied by a parent or guardian, traveling interstate or to/from work with prior parental permission, responding to an emergency, engaged in a supervised school, religious, or recreational activity with prior permission, exercising First Amendment rights with prior permission, married and 16 or older, in the military, or standing on the sidewalk abutting the family home or a consenting neighbor's yard. Section 26-55 requires an officer to first try to determine the person's age and reason for being out, and bars a citation or arrest unless the officer reasonably believes an offense occurred and no section 26-54 defense is likely to apply.

Officers who arrest a minor may demand a parent or guardian retrieve the child, take the minor to a holding location for pickup, or, if no one comes, take the minor home. The division traces to Ord. No. 1834, § 1, adopted February 28, 1995, and has not been superseded in the current code.