Redding, CA Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew hours
- 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily
- School-day loitering ban
- 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Juvenile fine
- Up to $250 or 20 hrs service
- Repeat parent violation
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000/6 mo.
- Governing chapter
- RMC Ch. 10.50
Summary
Redding Municipal Code Section 10.50.020 bars anyone under eighteen from loitering on streets, parks, or other public places between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. under Section 10.50.010's definition of curfew hours. Parents who knowingly let a minor violate curfew face their own citation, escalating from an infraction to a misdemeanor.
"Curfew hours" means the period from eleven p.m. any evening of the week, until six a.m. the following day. ... A.It is unlawful for any juvenile to loiter, idle or wander upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, or the premises of any establishment, vacant lots or any unsupervised place during curfew hours.B.It is unlawful for any parent or guardian of a juvenile knowingly to permit, or by insufficient control to allow, the juvenile to loiter, idle or wander upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, or the premises of any establishment, vacant lots or any unsupervised place during curfew hours.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 48).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 10.50, Juvenile Curfew and Daytime Loitering on School Days, defines 'curfew hours' as 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. every night of the week (Section 10.50.010). Section 10.50.020(A) makes it unlawful for any juvenile, defined as anyone under eighteen, to loiter, idle, or wander on public streets, alleys, parks, playgrounds, other public grounds or buildings, or the premises of any business establishment during those hours, and 10.50.020(B) separately makes it unlawful for a parent or guardian to knowingly permit or, through insufficient control, allow that violation.
Section 10.50.030 adds a companion daytime rule: a juvenile subject to compulsory education cannot loiter in those same public places between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on a school day. Section 10.50.040 lists nine exceptions, including a minor accompanied by a parent or responsible adult, running an errand at a parent's direction, traveling interstate, going to or from work, responding to an emergency, standing on the sidewalk in front of their own home, attending a supervised city-sponsored or civic activity, exercising First Amendment rights, or being legally emancipated.
Section 10.50.050 lets an officer cite the juvenile and drive them home or to school rather than arrest them, and only issues a parent citation after the parent has already been formally warned once.
Violations & Fines
Section 10.50.060 punishes a juvenile's first curfew infraction with a fine up to $250 or up to twenty hours of community service completed outside school and work hours within sixty days. A parent who ignores a prior warning and lets the violation happen again can be cited for an infraction, and any subsequent parental violation becomes a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both.
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