Provo, UT Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Under-16 curfew
- 11 p.m.-5 a.m., every night
- 16-17 curfew (Sun-Thu)
- 11 p.m.-5 a.m.
- 16-17 curfew (Fri/Sat night)
- 1 a.m.-5 a.m.
- Offense level
- Class B misdemeanor
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine or 6 months jail
- Parental liability
- Yes, for knowingly allowing violation
Summary
Provo City Code 9.14.290 sets an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for minors 15 and under, and for 16- and 17-year-olds Sunday through Thursday, with a later 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. window Friday and Saturday nights. Parents who knowingly allow a violation face liability too.
(2) Fifteen-year-old curfew. It shall be unlawful for any minor fifteen (15) years of age or younger to remain or loiter upon any of the sidewalks, streets, alleys or public ways in Provo City between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. the following morning. (3) Sixteen and seventeen-year-old curfew. It shall be unlawful for any minor sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age to remain or loiter upon any of the sidewalks, streets, alleys or public places in Provo City, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the succeeding morning, Sunday through Thursday, and between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. ... (6)(d) Any person who violated the provisions of this Chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-17, passed June 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
290 sets two curfews. the following morning, every night of the week. m. Saturday and Sunday mornings. The ordinance defines "public places" broadly to include privately owned spaces open to the public, such as restaurant and store interiors and parking lots, not just streets. Subsection (5) exempts minors accompanied by a parent, guardian or other responsible adult; traveling to or from work; running an emergency errand at a parent's direction; riding through Provo on an interstate trip; traveling to or from a religious, municipal, social, entertainment, sporting, political, library or school function; or already home.
Subsection (4) makes it unlawful for a parent, guardian or other custodian to knowingly allow a minor to violate the curfew, and Subsection (6)(c) separately makes it unlawful for that custodian to refuse an officer's order to come pick up the minor. A cited minor is returned to the parent or guardian's custody rather than held, per Subsection (6)(b). Subsection (7) makes any loitering past curfew hours, outside the accompanied-minor exception, prima facie evidence that the loitering was unlawful, shifting the practical burden to the minor or parent to show an exception applied.
Violations & Fines
Violating the curfew, or a parent knowingly allowing it or refusing to retrieve a cited minor, is a class B misdemeanor under Subsection (6)(d), punishable under Provo City Code 1.03.010(1) by up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail, or both.
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