Parma, OH Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Under 12
- barred darkness to dawn
- Ages 12-16
- barred 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Age 17
- barred midnight to 5:00 a.m.
- Exception
- accompanied by parent or adult 21+
- First offense
- fourth-degree misdemeanor
- Repeat offense
- third-degree misdemeanor
Summary
Parma bars children under 12 from streets and sidewalks between darkness and dawn, kids 12 to 16 from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., and 17-year-olds from public places between midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, or responsible adult. Both the child and the parent who allows the violation can be charged.
No child under the age of twelve years shall be upon the streets or sidewalks of the City during the period from darkness to dawn, and no child between twelve and sixteen years of age, inclusive, shall be upon the streets or sidewalks of the City between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, and no child seventeen years of age shall be upon the streets and sidewalks or in a park or in any other public place between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m., unless accompanied by a parent, guardian or some responsible person over the age of twenty-one years or a member of his or her family eighteen years of age or older... Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree for a second and subsequent offenses.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-30: Local legislation current to August 3, 2026 | State legislation current to June 25, 2025).
Full Breakdown
04 sets three age-based curfew bands. Children under 12 may not be on Parma streets or sidewalks from darkness to dawn. the following day. , unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, a responsible person 21 or older, or a family member 18 or older. 04(b) makes it a separate offense for a parent or guardian to knowingly allow a child to violate these hours. It is an affirmative defense to the parental charge that the parent or guardian had already initiated Juvenile Court jurisdiction over the child before the curfew violation occurred.
A child who violates subsection (a) is deemed an unruly child subject to Juvenile Court jurisdiction. The Director of Public Safety may direct the Chief of Police to assign officers, including overtime, specifically to enforce the curfew, and fines collected from curfew violations are earmarked to cover that enforcement cost, with City Council required to appropriate the necessary funds.
Violations & Fines
A first curfew violation is a fourth-degree misdemeanor; a second or later violation is a third-degree misdemeanor, with punishment set under Section 698.02. Both the violating child and a parent or guardian who permits the violation can be separately charged under Section 630.04.
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