Everett, WA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Default hours
- 6 a.m. to dusk (30 min after sunset)
- Per-park hours
- Director may post different times
- Penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine, 90 days jail
- First exclusion
- Bars person 60 days
- Repeat exclusion
- Bars person 180 days
Summary
Everett's park code sets uniform hours for every city park: open from six a.m. to dusk, defined as thirty minutes after sunset, under EMC 9.06.208(B). Anyone who knowingly enters or stays in a park after closing, absent a permit or department-run activity, commits criminal trespass in parks and faces up to $1,000 in fines and jail time.
Unless otherwise posted, city parks are open to the public from six a.m. to dusk. "Dusk" is defined as thirty minutes after sunset. The parks are closed to the public outside of posted times. The parks and recreation director shall have the authority to modify the time a city park is open and closed to the public where the director determines it appropriate.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4194-26, passed July 29, 2026).
Full Breakdown
to dusk. 'Dusk' is defined as thirty minutes after sunset. default. 208(A)(3)). 235 and can bar a person from any or all city parks for sixty days on a first violation within a year, or one hundred eighty days if the person was already excluded once in the prior year; an excluded person can request a hearing before an Everett municipal court judge acting as hearing examiner within seven days of the notice. 240: a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, up to 90 days in jail, or both.
Subsection (C) exempts on-duty parks and recreation or other city employees, and subsection (D) makes clear that an appeal of the underlying exclusion, or entering under a permit issued to someone else, is not a defense to the trespass charge.
Violations & Fines
Being present in a city park after dusk without a department activity or permit is misdemeanor trespass under EMC 9.06.208, punishable by a fine up to $1,000, up to 90 days in jail, or both under EMC 9.06.240. A person already served with an exclusion notice under EMC 9.06.235 who returns to an excluded park during the exclusion period faces the same misdemeanor charge, and a pending appeal of the exclusion is not a defense.
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