*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on September 25, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Permanent Version .*
For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1)"Chief of Police" means the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
(1A) "Curfew hours" means:
(A)From 11:00 p.m. every day until 6:00 a.m. on the following day;
(B)Extended curfew hours established by the Mayor pursuant to § 2-1542.01 ; and
(C)Extended curfew hours in extended juvenile curfew zones established by the Chief of Police pursuant to § 2-1542.02 .
(2)“Emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The
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*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on September 25, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Permanent Version .*
For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) "Chief of Police" means the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
(1A) "Curfew hours" means:
(A) From 11:00 p.m. every day until 6:00 a.m. on the following day;
(B) Extended curfew hours established by the Mayor pursuant to § 2-1542.01 ; and
(C) Extended curfew hours in extended juvenile curfew zones established by the Chief of Police pursuant to § 2-1542.02 .
(2) “Emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term “emergency” includes, but is not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any situation that requires immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
(3) “Establishment” means any privately-owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including, but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment.
(4) “Guardian” means a person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor or a public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
(5) “Minor” means any person under the age of 18 years, but does not include a judicially emancipated minor or a married minor.
(6) “Narcotic trafficking” means the act of engaging in any prohibited activity related to narcotic drugs or controlled substances as defined in Chapter 9 of Title 48 .
(6A) "Notice of violation of curfew" means a verbal warning, authorized by an official that informs a groups of juveniles that they are violating the terms of a curfew, that they may be arrested if they continue to violate the curfew, and identifies reasonable steps that they can take to leave the area to avoid arrest.
(7) “Operator” means any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation that operates, manages, or conducts any establishment. The term “operator” includes the members or partners of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation.
(8) “Parent” means a natural parent, adoptive parent or step-parent, or any person who has legal custody by court order or marriage, or any person not less than 21 years of age who is authorized by the natural parent, adoptive parent, step-parent or custodial parent of a child to be a caretaker for the child.
(9) “Public place” means any place to which the public, or a substantial group of the public, has access, and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.
(10) “Remain” means to linger or stay or fail to leave the premises when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator, or other person in control of the premises.
(11) “Serious bodily injury” means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.