Curfew Laws in Indiana (2026)

Indiana Code 31-37-3 establishes statewide juvenile curfew hours that apply in all jurisdictions. Children under 15 may…

Fort Wayne bars minors from public places during set night hours: 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weeknights and 1 a.m. to 5 a.m…

Gary bars minors 17 and under from streets, alleys, vehicles or public places from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Sunday…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, children 15 to 17 must be off the streets from midnight to 5 a.m. on weekends and 10…

Lafayette bars anyone under 18 from public streets, alleys or places during set overnight hours, with a stricter curfew…

Muncie enforces two curfews for minors under City Code §§ 92.03 and 92.04. Kids 15 to 17 must be off public streets…

St. Joseph County bans minors from public places during set overnight hours. Code Section 132.01 keeps…

Columbus Municipal Code § 9.20.010 sets a two-tier curfew in the City of Columbus, Indiana. Children under fifteen must…

Evansville bars minors from public places during set night hours: tighter limits for kids under 15, later limits for…

Fishers bars 15-17 year olds from public places late at night and after 11 p.m. on school nights, and under-15s after…

Marion County bars kids 15 to 17 from public places between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on school nights, and 1 a.m. to 5 a.m…

In the City of Kokomo, a curfew violation occurs when a 15-, 16-, or 17-year-old is in public between 11 p.m. and 5…

In the City of Noblesville, kids 15 to 17 cannot be in public between 1 and 5 a.m. on weekends or after 11 p.m. Sunday…

Porter County bars parents and guardians from letting a minor under 18 loiter on the public Burlington Beach Accessway…

South Bend bars minors from public places during set overnight hours: 15-to-17-year-olds after 11 p.m. on school nights…

Allen County Parks (Fox Island, Metea, Cook, Payton) open at 9 a.m. and lock their gates at closing; Fox Island closes…

Anderson does not publish a separate park-hours ordinance online; posted hours are set by the Parks & Recreation Board…

In the City of Bloomington, no one may be on the waters or city-owned lands surrounding Griffy Lake after sunset or…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, every playground, park and recreational center is open to the public from sunrise to…

Elkhart County parks close to the public once posted access hours end. Section 93.024(A) makes it unlawful to use any…

Fishers closes every city park to the public between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless the Parks Department posts and permits…

Floyd County parks shut down overnight. Floyd County Code § 92.10 makes it unlawful to remain, stay, or loiter in any…

Fort Wayne parks and playgrounds close to the public between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., and staying past closing or entering…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 30-1(a) confines swimming to guarded areas of Marquette Park Beach and to the…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, city parks close overnight under the Common Council's park regulations. Craig Park…

Park hours are set by whichever city or the county operates the park, but Indiana's statewide juvenile curfew (IC…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, no person may enter or remain in any city park before sunrise or after sunset, under…

Howard County parks close on hours set by the Park and Recreation Board rather than a fixed clock time written into the…

Indianapolis city parks are open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Garfield Park until 10 p.m.), and it's unlawful to remain in a park…

Kokomo's Code of Ordinances closes city parks overnight under § 96.34: no one may remain, stop, or park within a park…

LaPorte County parks open at 8 a.m. and close at dusk unless a site posts different hours, under County Code § 93.02…

City of Muncie parks are open to the public only from 5:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. each day under City Code § 95.01. No…

Noblesville's city parks and recreation areas are open to the public from 5:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. under Code §…

South Bend closes its parks, golf courses, playgrounds, picnic areas, swimming areas and pavilions to the public at…

St. Joseph County parks are not open around the clock: Code Section 131.29(C) makes it unlawful to remain in or use any…

Tippecanoe County parks and the county fairgrounds open a half hour before sunrise and close a half hour after sunset…

Vanderburgh County parks close between midnight and 7 a.m. Section 12.24.010(O) bars anyone from being or remaining on…

County parks, playgrounds and recreation centers in unincorporated Bartholomew County must close to the public every…

Unless a sign says otherwise, every Westfield city park and trail is open from sunrise to sunset seven days a week, and…