Woodland, CA Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Woodland Municipal Code § 9.28.080
- Curfew hours
- 10 p.m. (11 p.m. DST) to 6 a.m.
- Applies to
- Anyone under 18
- Officer duty
- Ask age/reason first, subsection B(4)
- Statutory defenses
- Nine listed, subsection B(3)
- Parent penalty
- Misdemeanor for knowing violation
Summary
Woodland Municipal Code Section 9.28.080 bars anyone under 18 from public places or private businesses between 10:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. during daylight saving time) and 6:00 a.m., unless a listed defense applies. Parents or guardians who knowingly let a minor violate curfew face the same misdemeanor charge as the minor under subsection C.
"Curfew hours" means the period from 10:00 p.m., any evening of the week, or 11:00 p.m., daylight savings time, until 6:00 a.m. the following day. ... It is unlawful for any minor to be present in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the City of Woodland during curfew hours. ... It is unlawful for any parent or guardian of a minor to knowingly permit, or by insufficient control to allow, the minor to be present in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the City during curfew hours.
Full Breakdown
Section 9.28.080(B) makes it unlawful for any minor, defined as anyone under 18, to be present in a public place or on the premises of any business establishment within the City of Woodland during "curfew hours," defined in subsection A as 10:00 p.m. any evening (11:00 p.m. during daylight saving time) until 6:00 a.m. the following day. The same subsection makes it unlawful for a parent or guardian to knowingly permit, or through insufficient control allow, a minor to be out during those hours. Subsection B(3) lists nine defenses: being accompanied by a parent, guardian or responsible adult; running an errand for a parent without detour; traveling interstate in a vehicle; going to or from work without detour; responding to an emergency; standing on the sidewalk abutting the minor's own residence; attending a City-, civic- or school-sponsored activity supervised by adults; exercising First Amendment rights; or being an emancipated minor.
Before citing or arresting a minor, subsection B(4) requires an officer to first ask the minor's age and reason for being out, and the officer may act only if no listed defense reasonably applies. Each violation is treated as a separate offense under subsection B(5).
Violations & Fines
A minor who violates curfew is guilty of a misdemeanor handled under juvenile court law and procedure per Section 9.28.080(C)(1). A parent, guardian or other adult with custody who knowingly and willfully allows the violation is separately guilty of a misdemeanor under Section 9.28.080(C)(2), and each night a minor is out past curfew counts as its own offense.
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