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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="11-306" title_number="11" title_name="Powers of Code Counties" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Juvenile Curfew">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a law enforcement officer reasonably believes that a minor is in a public place or on the premises of an establishment in violation of a juvenile curfew ordinance, the officer shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the minor that the minor is in violation of the juvenile curfew ordinance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>require the minor to tell the officer the minor’s name, address, telephone number, and where to contact the minor’s parent or guardian;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>issue the minor a written warning that the minor is in violation of the juvenile curfew ordinance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>order the minor to promptly go home.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The law enforcement officer may take the minor:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to the minor’s home, if appropriate; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>into custody and transport the minor to a local law enforcement station or designated curfew center when:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the minor has received one previous written warning for a violation of a juvenile curfew ordinance;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the minor has committed a delinquent act, as defined in § 3–8A–01 of the Courts Article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>taking the minor into custody is authorized under § 3–8A–14 of the Courts Article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A law enforcement officer may issue a civil citation for a violation of a juvenile curfew ordinance to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a minor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a parent or guardian of a minor; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an owner, operator, or employee of an establishment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The law enforcement agency shall send written notice of the violation of the juvenile curfew ordinance to the minor’s parent or guardian.</text>
  </level>
</section>
