Selma Municipal Code Ch. 6 Curfew

(A) No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and eating places, vacant lots or any unsupervised place between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and five o'clock (5:00) A.M. of the following day. The provisions of this Section do not apply when the minor is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or when the minor is upon an emergency errand directed by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or when the minor is returning directly home from a meeting, entertainment, recreational activity, dance or when the person is going directly to or returning directly from work.

(B) Any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years found in violation of this Chapter shall be immediately apprehended and taken to the proper detention place or parental pickup station for minors and there detained until the arrival of the parent, guardian or proper person to care for said minor. (Ord. 94-4, 4-4-94)

(A) It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor to permit the minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and eating places, vacant lots or any unsupervised place between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and five o'clock (5:00) A.M. of the following day unless the minor is lawfully upon the streets or places as permitted by the preceding Section of this Chapter.

(B) Every parent, guardian or other person having the legal care, custody or control of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years who permits such person to violate the provisions of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(C) It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or person having a minor in his or her charge, after receiving notice of the apprehension, arrest or detention of said minor, to fail or neglect to go in person or send some suitable person after said minor so detained.

(D) Every parent, guardian or other having the legal care, custody or control of any person under the age of eighteen (18) who is convicted of violating this Chapter shall be liable for the expense of a police response and the cost of transporting the minor to a parental pickup station. The expense of police response shall include, but will not be limited to, the costs of providing police, firefighting, rescue and emergency medical services at the scene of the incident, as well as the salaries of the personnel responding to the incident. (Ord. 94-4, 4-4-94)