Harrisburg, PA Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

Chapter 3-333 of the Harrisburg Codified Ordinances, adopted 2-28-2006 by Ord. No. 3-2006, sets the curfew for the City of Harrisburg. After hours means 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday nights during the school year, 12:00 midnight to 6:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights during the school year, and all nights during the period of summer vacations from school. A minor is any person less than 18 years of age, other than a person who is married or emancipated, and a person is deemed 18 on the date of his or her 18th birthday.

Public place covers any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground or parking lot, and any private building, structure or area to which the public is invited. Section 3-333.3 makes it unlawful for a minor to remain in or upon any public place, in a motor vehicle operating or parked there, or in an establishment after hours, except under exceptions A through J: accompanied by a parent (an adult 21 or older authorized by the parent counts); an emergency; an employment activity, or going to or returning home from it without detour or stop; the sidewalk directly abutting the place where the minor resides with a parent, or an adult next-door neighbor property with permission; a supervised school, religious, civic or public activity; an errand for a parent with a signed writing listing the parent name, signature, address and telephone number, the minor destinations and authorized hours; interstate travel; First Amendment activity; a homeless juvenile using the public place as a usual abode; or an event the City Council has authorized.

Parents (§ 3-333.4) and operators of establishments (§ 3-333.5) carry their own duties. The Chief of Police can extend hours for special occasions (§ 3-333.6). Before any enforcement action, the officer must ask the apparent offender age and reason for being in the public place, and cannot cite or arrest unless the officer reasonably believes no exception applies (§ 3-333.7).