You can get a fine of up to $500 if you are found at night without a good reason peeping or peering into a house. You can also get a fine if you are loitering on land where a house is situated at night without a good reason. Night means the time from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. You will be in trouble if you do these things at night without a reasonable excuse. The law says what night means to avoid confusion. It is from the end of the first hour after the sun sets to the start of the last hour before the sun rises.
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Every person is liable to a fine not exceeding $500 who is found by night without reasonable excuse—
In this section the term night means the period commencing on the expiration of the first hour after sunset and ending at the beginning of the last hour before sunrise.
