Stupid Laws
Have you ever taken a look at the laws and statutes for your state or
country? The dense tangle of legalese probably sounds like nonsense.
The Internet has seen its fair share of "stupid law" lists. Most of
the laws cited are fake, and so are the following
randomly generated laws... but, in the United States at least, you never know.
- In East Creek County, Alaska, it's prohibited to allow a dog to eat a child's homework.
- Under the Kansas State Constitution, it's a misdemeanor for a lawyer to drink non-alcoholic beer with their friends.
- In North Carolina, it's illegal to hit a hornet with a rain gauge.
- It's unlawful in St. Ibach, Oregon to put live squirrels in your pants for the purposes of fortunetelling.
- It's a felony to drink non-alcoholic beer on Sunday in Ronesceopolis County, Maine.
- It's a felony in Charlotte, Washington to annoy any turkey within 550 feet of a city library.
- It's against the law in North Penka, South Carolina to attend church without bringing a loaded gun to ward off Indian attacks.
- According to Arkansas law, it's a felony to install more than two digital cameras in one house.
- It's unlawful in Avon, Arkansas to panhandle without a $4,000 permit.
- It's forbidden in Friesen Village, Louisiana to dance while riding in an elevator.
- In Mapleopolis County, Georgia, it's a misdemeanor to use a clothes dryer on a sunny day.
- In St. Saffle, Connecticut, it's a misdemeanor to wear a white hat after Labor Day.
- It's a misdemeanor in Watsonfield, California to wear bright orange pants on Sunday.
- It's a misdemeanor in Yellow Elm, Washington to cook a chicken within five days of an election.
- It's against the law to mispronounce the name of the state animal according to New Jersey law.
- It's against the law in Bluedale, Utah to detonate a nuclear device without a license.
- It's a crime in Red Grove, Alaska to attend a basketball game while wearing chartreuse shoes.
- It's a misdemeanor to attempt to bribe an elected official with less than $8,000 in Mississippi.
- It's a violation of the law in North Craece, North Dakota to discharge a cannon at a wedding while drunk.
- In North Carolina, it's a crime to give alcohol to any giraffe within 830 feet of a landfill within one days of an election.
- According to Florida law, it's illegal to keep more than 5 inoperable vehicles in front of a house.
- It's illegal for a women weighing more than 265 pounds to walk backwards near a concert in Iceberg County, Nebraska.
- It's unlawful for a minor to use a floppy diskette as a weapon without a permit in Van Ridge County, West Virginia.
- It's a crime to operate a garbage disposal while blindfolded under the Oklahoma State Constitution.
- According to Louisiana law, it's against the law to carry a concealed rain gauge except during an emergency.
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