2023 Maryland Statutes
Local Government
Division III - Counties
Title 11 - Powers of Code Counties
Subtitle 3 - Juvenile Curfew
Section 11-301 - Definitions

    (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.