Clay County, FL Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

3(d), part of the county's omnibus park-conduct ordinance, sets the basic after-hours rule: a county park, defined in subsection (a) as any real property the county owns, leases, or controls and designates as a park, recreation facility, or conservation or preservation area, is open only for the period posted for public use, and entering or remaining there any other time is a violation. Subsection (e) exempts utility, emergency-services, or government employees and contractors performing official duties, and staff of an athletic association operating facilities there under a county lease or permit.

A related but separate hours rule in subsection (f) bars operating or parking a motorized vehicle in a county park outside sunrise-to-sunset hours unless the park posts different operating hours, with exceptions in subsection (g) for posted parking areas, driveways during operating hours, motorized mobility aids for the disabled, and the same utility/emergency/athletic-association agents. 3 to leave county property; refusing that order is an additional, separate violation. 083, Florida Statutes, up to $500 and 60 days in jail, or, at the county's election, as a civil infraction under section 15-20 beginning at $25 for a first offense and rising through the category schedule to $250 for a habitual violation.

The rule applies only to county-run parks in unincorporated Clay County; municipal parks inside cities like Green Cove Springs or Orange Park are governed separately.