Louisburg, KS Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew hours
- 12:01 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Covers
- anyone under 18
- Exception
- accompanied or dated written permission
- Permission rule
- must specify a single date
- Parent/guardian fine
- $50 to $500 per offense
- Minor's default penalty
- up to $499 or 179 days (§1-116)
- Enforced by
- Louisburg Police Department
Summary
Louisburg City Code § 11-201 bars anyone under 18 from public streets, alleys, or public grounds between 12:01 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless a parent or guardian is present or the minor carries dated written permission from one. Blanket permission slips do not count, since the code requires permission tied to one specific date. Parents who knowingly let a minor break curfew face their own separate charge.
It shall be unlawful for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to be upon any public street, alley or other public grounds within the City between the hours of one minute after midnight (12:01 A.M.) and five o’clock (5:00) A.M. of any day, unless such person shall be accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or shall then and there have in his or her possession written permission from such parent or guardian, so as to be abroad at such time; provided however, that any such written permission shall be limited to a specific date and blanket permission shall be of no force or effect whatsoever. ... Any parent, guardian, or other person having actual custody of any person under eighteen (18) years of age who shall allow, permit, aid, or abet such person under eighteen (18) years of age to violate subsection (a) shall be deemed guilty of contributing to such person’s violation hereof and shall be, upon conviction, fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per offense.
Full Breakdown
The ordinance splits liability two ways. Subsection (a) puts the curfew directly on the minor: no one under 18 may be abroad on a public street, alley, or public ground in the City of Louisburg between 12:01 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or carrying that parent's or guardian's written permission for that specific night. The code is explicit that a standing or blanket permission slip carries no force, so a note has to name the date it covers. Subsection (b) reaches the adult side: any parent, guardian, or other person with actual custody who allows, permits, aids, or abets a minor's violation of subsection (a) is guilty of contributing to that violation and, upon conviction, faces a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $500 per offense.
Section 11-201 does not write its own penalty for the minor's violation of subsection (a) itself, so that offense falls back on the Code's general penalty at § 1-116: a fine of not more than $499, imprisonment in jail for not more than 179 days, or both. The Louisburg Police Department (Chapter 10) handles enforcement, and charges are heard in Municipal Court (Chapter 9). The ordinance sits in Chapter 11, Article 2, Local Regulations, apart from the City's other public-offense rules adopted separately from the Uniform Public Offense Code at § 11-101.
Violations & Fines
A parent or guardian convicted of knowingly allowing a curfew violation is fined between $50 and $500 per offense. The minor's own violation of the 12:01 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew carries no dedicated fine in § 11-201, so it defaults to the Code's general penalty in § 1-116: up to $499, up to 179 days in jail, or both. Cases are handled by Louisburg Municipal Court.
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