Shasta County, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew hours
- Midnight to 5:00 a.m.
- Prohibited acts
- Remaining, staying, camping, lodging, or loitering
- Exception
- Board-designated, posted camping areas only
- Governing section
- Shasta County Code Section 12.32.120(N)
- Enforcing authority
- Director of Public Works
- Default penalty
- Infraction; misdemeanor after 3rd violation in 12 months
Summary
Shasta County parks close to loitering, camping, and overnight stays between midnight and 5:00 a.m. under County Code Section 12.32.120(N), unless the Board of Supervisors has designated and posted that specific park as a camping area.
Within the limits of any county park, no person shall do any of the acts hereinafter specified: ... N. Remain, stay, camp, lodge, or loiter in any county park between the hours of twelve midnight and five a.m. of the following day, except that camping may be permitted at parks designated by the board as camping areas and so posted by appropriate signs to be installed by the department of public works;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code: Supplement 22).
Full Breakdown
the following day. The subsection carves out one exception: camping is allowed at parks the Board of Supervisors has specifically designated as camping areas and which the Department of Public Works has posted with signs to that effect; absent that designation and signage, overnight presence of any kind is off-limits. 120(P), all enforced the same way. 010. 120, beyond the core developed parks to also cover Clair Engle Park, the Wynne Price Ball and Tennis Court, Akard Park, Shasta Park, Blue Canyon Park, the Bizz Johnson Ball Park, and the Fountain, Islands and Bus Stop Park. The ordinance sets no separate curfew-specific penalty; violations run through the county's general penalty scheme.
Violations & Fines
A first violation of the midnight-to-5-a.m. curfew in Section 12.32.120 is an infraction under Shasta County Code Section 1.08.010, punishable per Government Code Section 25132(b). A person cited three or more times for the same violation within twelve months is guilty of a misdemeanor under Section 1.08.020, carrying up to one year in county jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both, and each night of unlawful camping counts as a separate offense.
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Sources & Official References
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