Curfew Laws in Illinois (2026)

Illinois imposes a statewide juvenile curfew barring minors under 17 from public places late at night under Section…

Arlington Heights, Illinois bars anyone under 17 from public streets, buildings, and assemblies overnight under Village…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) sets a citywide juvenile curfew under City Code § 29-20: under-16s off public places 10…

Minors 16 and 17 must be off Bolingbrook streets by 11 p.m. on school nights and midnight on weekends; those 15 and…

Minors under 18 face citywide curfew: 10 p.m.-6 a.m. for those 12+, earlier for younger kids, with fines up to $500.

Cicero bars anyone under 18 from public places during set curfew hours: 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. every night for kids under 13…

Unincorporated DuPage County bars anyone under 17 from public places overnight without an adult, with set curfew…

Evanston bans minors under 17 from public places and business premises during set curfew hours: 10 p.m. to 6 a.m…

Unincorporated Kane County bars 16- and 17-year-olds from public places between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday through…

Unincorporated McHenry County bars anyone under 17 from public places between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. on school nights, and…

Naperville, Illinois bars anyone under 17 from public places between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. on school nights, and from…

The home-rule Village of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, bars anyone under 18 from public streets, buildings, or…

Minors under seventeen may not be in any Schaumburg public place or business establishment between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00…

St. Clair County bars minors from public places and business premises during set curfew hours under County Code Section…

Will County bars anyone under 17 from public places overnight: 10 p.m.-6 a.m. for under-16s, 11 p.m.-6 a.m. for 16- and…

Champaign bars anyone 13 or younger from public streets and places between 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and…

Illinois sets a statewide juvenile curfew by statute, 720 ILCS 5/12C-60, which replaced the repealed Child Curfew Act…

Anyone under 17 is barred from public places in unincorporated Cook County and Sheriff-patrolled towns from 10:30…

Elgin bars anyone under 17 from public places between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 12:01 a.m…

Joliet Code Sec. 21-18 sets a curfew of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for minors 15 and under and 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for…

Kankakee County bans anyone under 17 from public places overnight in the unincorporated county: 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m…

Lake County bars minors under 17 from public places and businesses between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. on school nights and…

Oak Lawn bars anyone under 18 from public places after 10:30 p.m. on school nights and 11:30 p.m. on weekends, with…

Orland Park keeps the state's under-17 age but moves curfew earlier: 10:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:30 p.m…

Peoria's curfew, City Code § 20-71, bars anyone under 13 from public places between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. every night, and…

Illinois sets a statewide juvenile curfew by statute, 720 ILCS 5/12C-60, which replaced the repealed Child Curfew Act…

Rockford bars minors under 17 from public places overnight: midnight-6 a.m. Fri/Sat nights and 11 p.m.-6 a.m. on school…

Skokie's curfew covers under-17s from 11:01 p.m. on weeknights and 12:01 a.m. at weekends until 6 a.m., with fines up…

Springfield bars anyone under 17 from public places overnight: after midnight on weekends and 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday…

Village Code § 133.50 makes it unlawful for anyone under 17 to be in public places between 12:01 a.m. and 6 a.m. on…

Waukegan enforces a tiered nighttime curfew for anyone under 18 under City Code Sec. 15-16. Kids under 14 must be off…

Every city park in Elgin closes at sunset and reopens at sunrise, and staying past closing is a code violation unless…

Arlington Heights, Illinois closes posted Village-owned land and facilities, including parks, between 9:00 p.m. and…

Aurora, Illinois closes all city parks, facilities, and premises to the public from dusk until sunrise daily, and…

Cicero's public parks close at sunset and reopen at sunrise under Section 82-383 of the Town Code. No one may be or…

Evanston parks close overnight, open only from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, with playgrounds and tot lots limited to 8 a.m…

Forest Preserve District of Kane County preserves are open to the public from sunrise to sunset unless different hours…

McLean County closes Comlara Park and every other county park or recreational area to the public between 10:00 p.m. and…

Naperville's Riverwalk Park closes to the public from midnight to 6:00 a.m. every day under Municipal Code Section…

Rock Island County's Forest Preserve District closes its preserves overnight: § 92.01(B) opens the grounds at sunrise…

Village of Skokie Code closes every property and facility the Village owns or leases, including its parks, daily at…

St. Clair County's Silver Creek Preserve stays open all year, seven days a week, from dawn to dusk under Park…