Rockdale County, GA Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Covered ages
- 16 and under
- Weeknight hours
- 9:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Fri/Sat hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Adopted
- Ord. No. O-2024-10, August 13, 2024
- Parent liability
- Knowingly allowing a violation is also unlawful
Summary
Unincorporated Rockdale County bars minors 16 and under from loitering or wandering in public places between 9:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weeknights, and between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, unless an exception like adult supervision or returning from work applies.
(a)It shall be unlawful for any minor 16 years of age or younger to loiter, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, lanes, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, places of amusement, eating places, vacant lots or any place unsupervised by an adult having the lawful authority to be at such places, between the hours of 9:30 p.m. on any day and 6:00 a.m. of the following day; provided, however, that on Fridays and Saturdays, the effective hours are between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day ... (c)Penalty for violation. The penalty for a violation of this section shall be as provided in section 1-11.
Full Breakdown
on Fridays and Saturdays. Seven exceptions cover a minor accompanied by a parent or an adult the parent has authorized; a minor on an emergency errand for a parent or guardian; a minor returning home within 30 minutes of a school, religious, or entertainment activity or a job ending; a minor exercising First Amendment rights; a minor in a vehicle with parental consent passing through the county on an interstate trip; and a minor on the sidewalk of their own home or a consenting next-door neighbor's home.
The ordinance also makes it unlawful for a parent, guardian or other adult with custody to knowingly permit, or through inefficient control allow, a minor in their care to violate the curfew, defining 'knowingly' to include what a reasonable custodian should be expected to know about a minor's whereabouts.
Violations & Fines
Violating the curfew, or a parent or guardian knowingly allowing a minor in their custody to violate it, is punished under the general penalty in § 1-11: a fine of not more than $1,000.00, imprisonment of not more than 60 days, or both, imposed by the Magistrate Court of Rockdale County, with each day of continuing violation a separate offense.
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