Saline County, AR Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew hours (Fri/Sat)
- Midnight to 5:00 a.m.
- Curfew hours (other nights)
- 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Covered ages
- 17 and under
- Parent first-offense fine
- $100.00 to $500.00
- Enforcing agency
- Saline County Sheriff's Office
- Effective date
- December 19, 1996
Summary
Saline County bars anyone 17 or younger from the roads at night: midnight to 5 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. every other night. The Quorum Court's 1996 Curfew Ordinance carries parental fines and a juvenile referral track for repeat violations.
3) CURFEW FOR JUVENILES. It shall be unlawful for any person seventeen (17) or less years of age [under eighteen (18)] to remain in or upon the roads within Saline County at night during the period ending at 5:00 a.m. and beginning a. At 12:00 Midnight on Friday and Saturday nights, and b. 11:00 p.m. on all other nights. ... 7) PENALTIES. a. If, after the warning notice pursuant to Section 5 of the first violation by a juvenile, a parent violates Section 6 (in connection with a second violation by the juvenile), this shall be treated as a first offense by the parent. For parental offense, a parent may be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. b. Any juvenile who shall violate any of the provisions of the Curfew Ordinance more than three times shall be reported by the Sheriff to the juvenile authorities as ... a juvenile in need of supervisions and the Sheriff shall refer the matter to the Saline County Prosecuting Attorney and/or the Arkansas Department of Human Services and/or other appropriate authorities.
Full Breakdown
Ordinance No. every other night. The ordinance defines REMAIN to include loitering or a group of three or more interacting minors not passing through for a legitimate purpose. Exceptions cover a minor accompanied by a parent or by an adult over 21 authorized by the parent, minors traveling directly to or from bona fide employment, and minors in a vehicle passing through the county on interstate travel. A sheriff's deputy who reasonably believes a juvenile is violating curfew must stop the minor, obtain name, address, phone number and parent contact information, and release the juvenile to a parent or guardian when one can be located; otherwise the juvenile is released under state and federal law.
It is also unlawful for a parent to permit a juvenile to remain out in violation of the curfew, and indifference to the juvenile's whereabouts is not a defense. The first juvenile violation draws a written warning notice to the parent by certified mail or direct service. m.
Violations & Fines
A parent's first offense (tied to a juvenile's second curfew violation after the warning notice) draws a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. A juvenile who violates the curfew more than three times is reported by the Sheriff to juvenile authorities as a minor in need of supervision, with the matter referred to the Saline County Prosecuting Attorney and/or the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
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