Manitou Springs, CO Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Weeknight curfew
- 10 p.m.-6 a.m., Sun night through Fri morning
- Weekend curfew
- Midnight-6 a.m., Saturday and Sunday
- Applies to
- Anyone under 18, public and many private places
- Defense
- Accompanied by parent, guardian, or adult 21+
- Parental liability
- Separate charge for allowing violation (§9.48.020)
- Penalty
- Up to $2,650 fine and/or 90 days jail
Summary
Minors under 18 may not be in public places in Manitou Springs between midnight and 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, or between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on other nights, under Section 9.48.010. Parents who knowingly allow a curfew violation face their own separate charge.
It is unlawful for any person under eighteen years of age to be in or upon any street, highway, road, sidewalk, curb, gutter, parking lot, alley, vacant lot, park, playground, yard, building, place of amusement, or eating place, whether private or public, without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, between the hours of midnight and six a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m. Sunday night through Friday morning. It shall be an affirmative defense to this section if the person under eighteen years is accompanied by a parent, guardian or an adult person at least twenty-one years of age who is authorized by a parent or guardian of such juvenile to take said parent or guardian's place in accompanying said juvenile for a designated period of time within a specified area.
Full Breakdown
from Sunday night through Friday morning. The statute builds in one affirmative defense: a minor accompanied by a parent, guardian, or an adult at least twenty-one years old who has been authorized by the parent or guardian to stand in for a designated time and place is not in violation. The chapter does not stop at the minor. 030 imposes an independent duty on parents and guardians to instruct and supervise minors so they do not violate any city ordinance, making a failure to instruct or supervise itself unlawful. 030. 100, up to $2,650 in fines, up to ninety days in jail, or both.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 9.48 sets no fine of its own, so a curfew violation by a minor, or a parental-responsibility violation under Section 9.48.020 or 9.48.030, is punished under the citywide general penalty in Section 1.01.100: up to $2,650, up to 90 days in jail, or both, with a minor's own violation usable as evidence against the parent.
Frequently Asked Questions
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