West Valley City, UT Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Under-16 curfew
- 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- 16-17 curfew
- 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Violation class
- Infraction
- Parental liability
- Unlawful to knowingly allow violation
- Business liability
- Unlawful to knowingly harbor minor
- Governing chapter
- Municipal Code Chapter 21-6
- Last amended
- Ord. No. 19-47, 11/26/2019
Summary
West Valley City bans minors under 16 from sidewalks, streets, alleys, and public places between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., and bans minors 16 and 17 between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., under Municipal Code Chapter 21-6. Violations are infractions, and parents or business owners who knowingly let a minor break curfew face separate infraction charges of their own.
It shall be unlawful for any minor under 16 years of age to remain or loiter upon any of the sidewalks, streets, alleys, or public places in West Valley City between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. of the following morning. A violation of this Section is an infraction.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-30, passed June 23, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 21-6 (Juvenile Curfews) sets two curfew windows. m. , using the same loitering language. Section 21-6-102 defines 'public places' broadly as anywhere open to the public, publicly or privately owned, including parking lots and the interiors and exteriors of stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues, and defines 'minor' as any unmarried, unemancipated person not in the armed forces. Seven exceptions in Section 21-6-107 keep the curfew from reaching ordinary teen activity: a minor accompanied by a parent or responsible adult, traveling to or from lawful work, running an emergency errand at a parent's direction, passing through the City on an interstate trip, going to or from a religious, school, civic, or sporting event, or simply staying in the immediate vicinity of home.
Liability reaches beyond the minor. Section 21-6-105 makes it unlawful for a parent, guardian, or other custodian to 'knowingly allow or permit' a curfew violation, and Section 21-6-106 makes it unlawful for a business to knowingly let a minor stay on the premises during curfew hours, unless the minor is lawfully employed there. Under Section 21-6-108, officers may arrest and cite a violating minor, must return the minor to a parent or guardian, and it is separately unlawful for that parent or guardian to knowingly refuse to appear and take custody after being ordered to do so by a peace officer. Chapter 21-6 traces to Ordinance 18-07 (repealed and replaced March 27, 2018) and was last amended by Ordinance 19-47 on November 26, 2019.
Violations & Fines
A curfew violation by a minor is an infraction, as is a business owner's failure to remove a minor at curfew hours or a parent's refusal to retrieve an arrested minor. West Valley City's bail schedule (Section 21-1-104) sets bail at the state Judicial Council schedule plus $15, and Section 1-1-109 makes each day a violation continues a separate offense. Officers who stop a violating minor must return the minor to a parent or guardian rather than process the case like an adult infraction.
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Sources & Official References
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