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Cross Reference: As to alcohol-related offenses involving minors, §600.060.
A. 
Definitions. In this Section the following words or phrases shall have the meanings set out herein:
CURFEW HOURS means
1. 
11:00 P.M. on any Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday until 6:00 A.M. of the following day; and
2. 
12:01 A.M. until 6:00 A.M. on any Friday or Saturday.
EMERGENCY
An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to a fire, a natural disaster, or automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
ESTABLISHMENT
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.
GUARDIAN
1. 
A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor, or
2. 
A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
MINOR
Any person under seventeen (17) years of age.
OPERATOR
Any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating, managing, or conducting any establishment. The term includes the members or partnerships of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation.
PARENT
A person who is:
1. 
A natural parent, adoptive parent, or step-parent of another person; or
2. 
At least eighteen (18) years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor.
PUBLIC PLACE
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.
REMAIN
means to:
1. 
Linger or stay; or
2. 
Fail to leave premises when requested to do so by a Police Officer or the owner, operator or other person in control of the premises.
SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
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.
B. 
Offenses.
1. 
A minor commits an offense under this Section if he/she remains in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the City during curfew hours.
2. 
A parent or guardian of a minor commits an offense under this Section if he/she knowingly permits, or by insufficient control allows the minor to remain in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the City during curfew hours.
3. 
The owner, operator or any employee of an establishment commits an offense under this Section if he/she knowingly allows a minor to remain upon the premises of the establishment during curfew hours.
C. 
Defenses.
1. 
It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (B) that the minor was:
a. 
Accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian;
b. 
On an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
c. 
In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
d. 
Engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
e. 
Involved in an emergency;
f. 
On the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the Police Department about the minor's presence;
g. 
Attending an official school, religious or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the City of Desloge, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious or other recreational activity supervised by the City of Desloge, a civic organization or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor;
h. 
Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and the right of assembly; or
i. 
Married or had been married or had disabilities of minority removed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri.
2. 
It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (B)(3) that the owner, operator, or employee of an establishment promptly notified the Police Department that a minor was present on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours and refused to serve.
D. 
Enforcement. Before taking any enforcement action under this Section, a Police Officer shall ask the apparent offender's age and reason for being in the public place. The officer shall not issue a citation or detain a suspect under this Section unless the officer reasonably believes that an offense has occurred and that no defense in Subsection (C) is present.
E. 
Penalties.
1. 
A person who violates a provision of this Section is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of a day during which the violation is committed, continued or permitted. Each offense, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
2. 
When required under the juvenile code of the State of Missouri, the Municipal Court shall waive original jurisdiction over a minor who violates Subsection (B)(1) of this Section and shall refer the minor to juvenile court.
A. 
Any parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody of any child less than eighteen (18) years old shall either:
1. 
Enroll such child in a public, private, parochial, parish school or full-time equivalent attendance in a combination of such schools and between the ages of seven (7) years and the compulsory attendance age for the district in which such child resides; or
2. 
Enroll the child in a program of "home school" academic instruction which at all times complies with the provisions of Section 167.031.2, RSMo., 2007.
B. 
Any parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody of a child of less than eighteen (18) years old shall cause the child to attend regularly some public, private, parochial, parish, home school or combination of such schools not less than the entire school term of the school which the child attends, except that:
1. 
A child who, to the satisfaction of the superintendent of public schools of the district in which he/she resides, or if there is no superintendent then the chief school officer, is determined to be mentally or physically incapacitated may be excused from attendance at school for the full time required or any part thereof;
2. 
A child between fourteen (14) years of age and the compulsory attendance age for the district may be excused from attendance at school for the full time required or any part thereof by the superintendent of public schools of the district, or if none then by a court of competent jurisdiction, when legal employment has been obtained by the child and found to be desirable, and after the parents or guardian of the child have been advised of the pending action; or
3. 
A child between five (5) and seven (7) years of age shall be excused from attendance at school if a parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody of the child makes a written request that the child be dropped from the school's rolls.
C. 
Any parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody of a child who is convicted of any violation of this Section shall, upon conviction and pending any judicial appeal, be required to enroll the child in any public, private, parochial, parish or home school within three (3) public school days, after which each successive school day shall constitute a separate violation of this Section.