Paulding County enforces no general juvenile curfew, and Georgia sets no statewide curfew for minors. A teen out late on a public road commits no curfew offense in the unincorporated county, though trespass and teen-driving laws still apply.
Neither Paulding County nor the State of Georgia imposes a blanket nighttime curfew on minors. Georgia leaves juvenile curfews to individual local governments, and Paulding, like many suburban Atlanta counties, has not adopted one. A minor lawfully in a public place after midnight is not committing a curfew violation on that basis alone. Other laws still reach late-night conduct: criminal trespass under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-21, posted park closing hours, loitering, and Georgia's graduated-license nighttime driving limits for teen drivers. The cities of Dallas and Hiram can adopt their own curfews within their limits.
With no curfew ordinance, Paulding County cannot cite a minor merely for being out late. Deputies enforce trespass, loitering, and teen nighttime-driving restrictions instead, each carrying its own penalties.
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