Legal Documents of New Market

It is unlawful for any minor, during curfew hours, to remain in or upon any public place within the city, to remain in any motor vehicle operating or parked on any public place within the city, or to remain in or upon the premises of any establishment within the city, unless:

1. The minor is accompanied by a parent; or
2. The minor is involved in an emergency; or
3. The minor is engaged in an employment activity, or is going to or returning home from employment activity, without detour or stop; or
4. The minor is on the sidewalk directly abutting a place where he or she resides with a parent; or
5. The minor is attending an activity supervised by adults and sponsored by a school, religious, or civic organization, by a public organization or agency, or by a similar organization, or the minor is going to or returning from such an activity without detour or stop; or
6. The minor is on a errand at the direction of a parent, and the minor has in his or her possession a writing signed by the parent containing the name, signature, address, and telephone number of the parent authorizing the errand, the telephone number where the parent may be reached during the errand, the name of the minor, and a brief description of the errand, the minor's destination(s) and the hours the minor is authorized to be engaged in the errand; or
7. The minor is involved in interstate travel through, or beginning or terminating in, the Town of New Market; or
8. The minor is exercising First Amendment rights protected by the U.S. Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly.