Calaveras County, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Chapter 12.20 applies to any park or recreation area within the unincorporated county that is operated, owned, leased or controlled by an individual, partnership, corporation or government agency (§ 12.20.020(E)), so it does not reach Angels Camp's own parks. Section 12.20.040 makes it unlawful to enter a recreation area, or to open one, except as permitted by the park manager. The code does not print a fixed nightly clock hour; instead the park manager designates open and closed areas by adopted rule (§ 12.20.050), and must close areas that are unsafe, subject to unreasonable fire hazard, without adequate sanitary facilities, or that need special protection for wildlife or vegetation, treating everything else as open (§ 12.20.060).

Closed-area boundaries must be posted with signs along their exterior before entry becomes unlawful (§ 12.20.070). Any park rules invoking chapter provisions require sheriff concurrence and board of supervisors approval by resolution, and must be posted at park entrances and on bulletin boards inside the area (§ 12.20.030). A distinct, age-based curfew appears at § 12.20.400: unsupervised minors under eighteen cannot camp overnight in any recreation area unless the park manager's rules specifically allow it. The chapter also restricts pedestrian entry to designated points and bars climbing perimeter fences (§ 12.20.090), and limits vehicular access to designated roads (§ 12.20.110).

Citations for chapter violations are issued under Penal Code §§ 853.6 through 853.8 (§ 12.20.410), and a person who violates a written promise to appear faces a separate misdemeanor under § 12.20.480.