# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 11. Powers of Code Counties

### Subtitle 3. Juvenile Curfew

#### Section 11-301

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Curfew hours" means the hours between midnight and 5:00 a.m.

(c) "Establishment" means a privately owned place of business operated for profit to which the public is invited.

(d) "Guardian" means a person who is appointed by a court as a guardian.

(e)

  (1) "Public place" means a place to which the general public has access for a lawful purpose.

  (2) "Public place" includes:

    (i) a public street, a sidewalk, an alley, a highway, and a right-of-way of a public street or highway; and

    (ii) the common areas of a transport facility, a school, a hospital, an apartment building, an office building, a shopping center, a park, a playground, a parking lot, a theater, a restaurant, a bowling alley, a tavern, a cafe, an arcade, and a shop.

(f) "Remain" means to:

  (1) linger unnecessarily in a public place; or

  (2) fail to leave the premises of an establishment or a public place when asked by a law enforcement officer or an employee of the establishment or public place.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)