Long Branch, NJ Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- City Code §§ 150-1 to 150-3
- Who can declare it
- Mayor or Chief Administrative Officer
- Trigger
- Needed to preserve peace, order or prevent injury
- Notice required
- Filed with City Clerk, posted in 10 places
- Coverage
- Persons or specific age groups, by hours/dates set
- Penalty
- Up to $2,000 fine or 90 days, § 1-16
Summary
Long Branch's Chapter 150 lets the Mayor, or the Chief Administrative Officer in the Mayor's absence, declare a curfew for the whole city or for people of a set age whenever needed to keep the peace, prevent injury, or protect property, then post the hours and dates at City Hall and the Clerk's office.
§ 150-1. Power to establish. The Mayor or, in his absence, the Chief Administrative Officer of the city is hereby empowered to establish a curfew in the City of Long Branch on such occasions and during such periods of time as are necessary to preserve the public peace or to preserve order in the city or to prevent injury to persons or property. § 150-2. Procedure. The Mayor or, in his absence, the Chief Administrative Officer shall establish a curfew by setting forth the hours and dates on which persons or certain persons according to their age shall be forbidden to appear on public streets or in any public place in the city or to appear or congregate outside of private property in the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4904719; v48 updated 2026-06-10; through 06-10-2026).
Full Breakdown
Long Branch does not set a fixed curfew hour in its Code; instead, § 150-1 gives the Mayor, or the Chief Administrative Officer if the Mayor is unavailable, standing power to establish a curfew in the city whenever necessary to preserve the public peace, maintain order, or prevent injury to persons or property. Under § 150-2, that official puts the curfew into effect by fixing the specific hours and dates, and by naming which persons, or which persons according to their age, are forbidden from appearing on public streets, in any public place, or congregating outside private property during those hours.
The declaration is not effective until a written statement of the hours, dates and covered persons is filed with the City Clerk and posted in at least 10 public places in the city; only then does the curfew take legal effect. Because the ordinance ties enforcement to age-based classes, the city can use it to impose a curfew specifically on minors during an emergency or public-safety event without passing a new ordinance each time. The chapter's cross-references tie it to related youth-conduct rules: underage alcohol possession is separately punished under Chapter 103, § 103-6, and loitering by minors is addressed in Chapter 218, so a declared curfew works alongside those provisions rather than replacing them.
Violations & Fines
Once a curfew is declared and posted, anyone subject to it who appears on a public street, in a public place, or in a group outside private property during the curfew hours violates § 150-3. A conviction is punishable under Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, § 1-16: a fine of up to $2,000, up to 90 days' imprisonment, up to 90 days of community service, or a combination, at the Municipal Court's discretion.
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