As our kids get older, we start to navigate the tricky balancing act of giving them room to exercise independence while also keeping them safe and properly monitored. While ultimately only a parent can decide how to do this, we have some guidance with curfew times. This information comes in particularly useful on certain holidays – like New Years Eve, Independence Day and Halloween.
Note that if your kids are out in parks, the park may have a different closing time from the city curfew. We try to list those times in our park directory entries.
Hennepin County Curfew Times
Hennepin County has a county-wide curfew (Ordiance 16) with staggered start times based on age and whether it is a weekday or weekend.
- Under Age 12: 9pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; 10pm-5am Friday & Saturday.
- Age 12-14: 10pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; 11pm-5am Friday & Saturday.
- Age 15-17: 11pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; Midnight-5am Friday & Saturday.
These curfew times cover the following cities: Minneapolis, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Chanhassen, Corcoran, Crystal, Dayton, Deephaven, Eden Prairie, Edina, Excelsior, Golden Valley, Greenfield, Greenwood, Hanover, Hopkins, Independence, Long Lake, Loretto, Maple Grove, Maple Plain, Medicine Lake, Medina, Minnetonka Beach, Minnetonka. Minnetrista. Mound, New Hope, Orono, Osseo, Plymouth, Richfield, Robbinsdale, Rockford, Rogers, St. Anthony, St. Bonifacius, St. Louis Park, Shorewood, Spring Park, Tonka Bay, Wayzata, and Woodland
Mall of America Curfew:
While the mall falls under the jurisdiction of the City of Bloomington and County of Hennepin, they have their own policy for weekends. On Friday and Saturday evenings kids under 16 must be accompanied by an adult 21 years or older from 4 p.m. until close. They also enforce this rule on busier shopping holidays.
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Ramsey County Curfew Times
Dakota County Curfews
Dakota County Ordinance 122 is the same as the Hennepin County curfew ordinance. Curfew ends at 5am and starts at the following staggered times.
- Under Age 12: 9pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; 10pm-5am Friday & Saturday.
- Age 12-14: 10pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; 11pm-5am Friday & Saturday.
- Age 15-17: 11pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; Midnight-5am Friday & Saturday.
These curfew times apply to the following cities and towns: Apple Valley, Burnsville, Castle Rock, Coates, Eagan, Farmington, Hampton, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Lilydale, Mendota, Mendota Heights, Miesville, New Trier, Northfield, Randolph, Rosemount, South St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, Vermillion, West St. Paul, Douglas, Empire, Eureka, Greenvale, Hampton, Marshan, Nininger, Randolph, Ravenna, Sciota, Vermillion and Waterford.
Scott County Curfews
Scott County’s curfew follows the age appropriate times.*
- Under Age 12: 9pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; 10pm-5am Friday & Saturday.
- Age 12-14: 10pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; 11pm-5am Friday & Saturday.
- Age 15-17: 11pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; Midnight-5am Friday & Saturday.
*Scott County Cities may have their own curfews. New Prague’s city code requires children under 16 to be off the streets from 10pm-6am Sunday through Thursday and 11am-6am on Friday and Saturday and kids who are age 16 to 18 have a curfew of 11pm to 6am Sunday through Thursday and 12pm-6am on Friday and Saturday. I don’t know which code trumps for the under 12 group, but I’d tend to err on the side of caution and have them in by 9pm on weekdays and 10pm on weekends.
These curfew times apply to the following cities and towns: Belle Plaine, Elko New Market, Jordan, New Prague, Prior Lake, Savage, and Shakopee.
Washington County Curfew Times
Washington County’s curfew are:
- Under Age 12: 9pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; 10pm-5am Friday & Saturday.
- Age 12-14: 10pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; 11pm-5am Friday & Saturday.
- Age 15-17: 11pm-5am Sunday-Thursday; Midnight-5am Friday & Saturday.
These curfew times apply to the following cities and towns: Afton, Bayport, Baytown, Birchwood, Cottage Grove, Dellwood, Denmark, Forest Lake, Grant, Grey Cloud Island, Hastings, Hugo, Lake Elmo, Lake St. Croix Beach, Lakeland, Lakeland Shores, Landfall, Mahtomedi, Marine on St. Croix, May, Newport, Oak Park Heights, Oakdale, Pine Springs, St. Mary’s Point, St. Paul Park, Scandia, Stillwater, West Lakeland, Willernie, Woodbury.
White Bear Lake is partly in Washington County, but it has its own curfew hours, listed above under Ramsey County.
These curfews have realistic exceptions for things like employment, school events and travel. Follow the links for more details on your municipality.
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