Twin Falls, ID Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

Section 6-6-4(A) of the Twin Falls City Code sets two age tiers. For anyone under eighteen, it is unlawful to be or remain in or upon the streets within the City, at night, during the period ending at 5:00 A.M. and beginning at 11:59 P.M. on Friday and Saturday nights and at 11:00 P.M. on all other nights. For anyone under sixteen, the period still ends at 5:00 A.M. and begins at 10:59 P.M. on Friday and Saturday nights and at 10:00 P.M. on all other nights.

Chapter 6 defines its terms narrowly. A juvenile is any person less than eighteen who has not been duly emancipated, and emancipated includes a person who is married or has been married, in active military service, or both self-supporting and neither living with nor subject to parental control. Street covers the legal right of way, including sidewalks, and also shopping centers, parking lots, parks, playgrounds, public buildings and similar areas open to the public. Time of night follows Mountain Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Savings Time as observed at that hour by the public.

Section 6-6-4(B) lists the exceptions: the juvenile is accompanied by a parent or guardian or by an adult authorized by a parent; is exercising First Amendment rights after delivering a signed written communication to the person the Chief of Police designates at the Police Station; is on the sidewalk where the juvenile resides or at a next-door neighbor who has not objected to law enforcement; is returning home by direct route within one hour or reasonable travel time after a legitimate consented activity such as a dance, church service, athletic event or concert; carries a certified letter of employment dated or reissued not more than forty five days earlier; is in a motor vehicle with parental consent; or is in an emergency.

Under § 6-6-6 a police officer who reasonably believes a juvenile is in violation notifies the juvenile, requires a name, address, telephone number and how to contact a parent, and judges age by best judgment absent convincing evidence such as a birth certificate. If the parent or guardian cannot be contacted, the juvenile is taken to the Safe House or the Shelter Care Facility. On release, the juvenile and parent sign a written acknowledgement that is presumptive evidence of knowledge of the chapter.