Bonneville County, ID Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew hours
- 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. every day
- Covered age
- Under 18, unemancipated minors
- Adult penalty
- Misdemeanor: up to $300 fine, 6 months jail
- Minor penalty
- Handled under State Juvenile Correction Act
- Exemption
- Minor accompanied by parent or guardian
- Origin
- Ord. 174-95 (1995), amended Ord. 189-97 (1997)
Summary
Bonneville County bars anyone under 18 from streets, parks, parking lots and other public places between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. every day under § 131.03. Parents, guardians and legal custodians who let a minor stay out during those hours face the same ban unless the minor is accompanied by an adult.
It shall be unlawful for any minor to be, or remain, in or upon any street, alley, public ground, public place or any place open to the public, place of amusement or entertainment, vacant lot or other unsupervised place, playgrounds, parks, highways, road, public streets or exposed to public use, during curfew hour (between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. every day of the week). It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or legal custodian to allow a minor to be, or remain in or upon any street, alley, public ground, public place or any place open to the public, place of amusement or entertainment, vacant lot or other unsupervised place, playgrounds, parks, highways, road, public streets or exposed to public use within the county during the curfew hours (between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. each day of the week.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-1: Ordinance 280-26, passed 1-20-2026).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 131 of the county code sets a countywide curfew for anyone under 18. every day of the week. The same section makes it unlawful for a parent, guardian or legal custodian to allow a minor to remain in those places during curfew hours. 05 separately penalizes a parent, guardian or legal custodian who knowingly permits, or by culpable indifference allows, a minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in public during curfew hours, but expressly exempts any minor accompanied by a parent, guardian or legal custodian.
04, making it unlawful for a minor to be a runaway or for anyone to assist one. 02 as any unemancipated person under 18. An establishment operator who spots a minor on the premises during curfew hours and promptly notifies law enforcement, then has the minor removed, is not liable under the chapter. The curfew dates to Ord. 174-95, passed October 31, 1995, and was amended by Ord. 189-97, passed December 16, 1997.
Violations & Fines
Violating § 131.03 carries the penalties set out in § 131.99. A minor found in violation is handled under Idaho's State Juvenile Correction Act rather than fined directly by the county. Any adult, including a parent, guardian or legal custodian, who violates the curfew chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $300, up to six months in the county jail, or both, and each violation of § 131.05 is charged as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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