Montgomery, AL Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Default rule
- Open daily except emergencies
- Hours source
- Posted per individual park
- Closure authority
- Parks director, § 19-78
- Enforcement
- Ejection under § 19-62
- Max penalty
- $500 fine or 6 months jail
Summary
Montgomery parks stay open every day of the year except during unforeseen emergencies, but each individual park keeps its own posted opening and closing hours rather than one citywide curfew time. Entering after posted closing, or into any area marked closed, is a park offense.
Except for unusual and unforeseen emergencies, parks shall be open to the public every day of the year during designated hours. The opening and closing hours for each individual park shall be posted therein for public information.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 19-64 sets the baseline rule: parks are open to the public every day of the year during designated hours, except for unusual and unforeseen emergencies, and the opening and closing hours for each individual park are posted at that park for public information. There is no single citywide nighttime cutoff written into the ordinance; each park's hours are set and posted separately by the parks and recreation department. ' Enforcement runs through § 19-62, which gives the director, park police and park attendants authority to eject anyone violating Article III, including a person remaining in a park past posted hours or inside a posted-closed area. The Chapter 19 provisions cross-reference Alabama's third-degree criminal trespass statute, Code of Ala. 1975, § 13A-7-4, for anyone who refuses to leave when directed.
Violations & Fines
Remaining in a Montgomery park after its posted closing hour, or entering a posted-closed area, is a violation of Article III subject to immediate ejection under § 19-62 and prosecution under the Chapter 1 general penalty, § 1-6: a fine of $1.00 to $500.00, up to six months in city jail or hard labor, or both, with continued refusal to leave exposing a person to state criminal trespass charges as well.
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