Medina, OH Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Sun-Thu curfew
- 10 p.m.-6 a.m. (age 15 or under)
- Sun-Thu curfew (16-17)
- 11 p.m.-6 a.m.
- Fri-Sat curfew
- 11 p.m.-6 a.m. (≤15), 12 a.m.-6 a.m. (16-17)
- Exceptions
- Accompanied by parent or returning from lawful activity
- Minor's penalty
- Minor misdemeanor first offense, 4th-degree if repeat
- Parent liability
- Reckless allowance is itself a violation
- Section
- Medina Codified Ordinances § 509.08
Summary
Medina imposes a nightly curfew on anyone under eighteen. Section 509.08(b) bars minors from public places between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday for those fifteen and younger, and 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds, with later Friday and Saturday cutoffs and exceptions for minors accompanied by a parent or heading home from lawful activity.
(1) No minor shall be in or upon any public place Sunday through Thursday during the following times of night: A. Between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for minors fifteen or less years of age. B. Between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for minors sixteen or more years of age. (2) No minor shall be in or upon any public place on Friday or Saturday during the following times of night: A. Between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for minors fifteen or less years of age. B. Between 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. for minors sixteen or more years of age. ... (c) Penalty for Minor. Any minor violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of curfew violation, a minor misdemeanor for the first offense. If the offender has been previously convicted of curfew violation, all subsequent violations of this section are a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025-01: Local legislation current through June 24, 2025 | State legislation current through December 31, 2024).
Full Breakdown
08 of the Medina Codified Ordinances, "Curfew," defines a "minor" as anyone under eighteen and a "public place" broadly to include streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots and even private property when the owner has not consented to the minor's presence. for those sixteen or older. for those sixteen or older. Subsection (b)(3) exempts a minor accompanied by a parent, guardian or an adult with the parent's permission, or one going directly to or from lawful activity, entertainment or employment with the parent's knowledge and consent; minors covered by that last exception must be home within thirty minutes of the activity ending.
C. 27 within the prior thirty days. A responsible adult eighteen or older found in the company of a curfew-violating minor during restricted hours, without the parent's permission, is separately liable.
Violations & Fines
A minor's first curfew violation under Section 509.08(c) is a minor misdemeanor; any subsequent violation after a prior conviction becomes a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Parents who recklessly allow a minor to violate the chapter, and adults found with a curfew-violating minor without parental permission, face liability under subsection (d) independent of any charge against the minor.
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