Leominster, MA Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

Section 14-3 sets curfew hours at 11:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. the following day on Sunday through Thursday nights, and at 12:01 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, covering the late Friday and Saturday overnight hours. A minor is anyone under eighteen. During curfew hours it is an offense for a minor to remain in any public place, defined broadly to include streets, highways and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, office buildings, transit facilities and shops, or on the premises of any privately owned establishment open to the public. A parent or guardian who knowingly permits, or through insufficient control allows, the violation is separately guilty, as is any establishment owner, operator or employee who knowingly lets a minor stay past curfew.

The ordinance lists nine defenses: being accompanied by a parent or guardian, running a direct errand for one, traveling interstate, going to or from work without a detour, responding to an emergency, standing on the sidewalk outside the minor's own home or a non-complaining neighbor's, attending or traveling directly to or from a supervised school, religious or civic activity, exercising First Amendment rights, or being married under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 207, Section 7. Before citing anyone, Section 14-3(d) requires a police officer to ask the minor's age and reason for being out and to confirm no defense applies. Establishments get their own defense if they promptly call police when a minor refuses to leave.