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

Modoc County has two published ordinances that function as park-hours and curfew rules. County Code Section 12.16.010 (County Parks - Overnight Parking) makes it unlawful 'for any person to park or occupy, between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m., any vehicle, camper or trailer in any county park,' and provides that a violator is subject to a fine not to exceed $500. This operates as an effective overnight closure of county parks to vehicles and campers. Section 12.16.020 also prohibits possessing or consuming alcoholic beverages in any public park or village green in the County (including Alturas's Veterans Memorial Park and Rachael Dorris Pioneer Park) as an infraction punishable by a fine up to $100. Separately, the County's minors' curfew, Chapter 4.16, makes it unlawful under Section 4.16.010 for any minor under 18 to loiter, idle, wander, play, or be driven in a motor vehicle upon public streets, roads, parks, public buildings, places of amusement, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between 11 p.m. and daylight the following day, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian or on a legitimate parent-directed errand. On nights of a bona fide school, church or youth-club event, the curfew shifts to midnight (Section 4.16.020). Adult violators face a misdemeanor and a fine of up to $500 (Section 4.16.060); minors are handled under the Welfare and Institutions Code. California has no statewide minors' curfew, so these are local Modoc County rules.