I was inspired to create this thread because of a stupid law where I live. The law is you cannot live in an RV or Motorhome on your own property. You can keep it there but just not live in it. It is a senseless law. Even if you have permission to park it on a friends property they won't let you live in it. The stupid city council likes to makes idiotic laws. So list any dumb laws wherever you live.

When i lived in Paris , France .. there was this law about not spitting in the subway .. I am not sure they still have that !!

" Interdiction de cracher " .....


Bonsoir !

There arent any stupid laws were i live... yet

Here's a few good ones which I found in a book called 'The worlds stupidest laws' Hope you like em'

- In Columbus, Florida its an offence to carry a chicken down broadway
- In Kentucky it's illegal to use a reptile in any part of a Religeous service.
- In Newark, New Hampshire, it is illegal to buy ice-cream after 6pm without a note from your doctor.
- In england it is illegal to hang a bed out of a window.

Here are some from New Jersey.

It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals at the local zoo...

All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts....

Pickles are not to be consumed on Sundays....

It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishiing season.....

I think we still have a law in the U.K. that states every man between the ages of 16-40 must practice two hours archery on a sunday.

Dont know of any in my small town but just in texas theres some strange ones. Some are old but are still on the books.

You are not allowed to eat your neighbors garbage without their permission.

it's legal for a chicken to have s** with you, but it's illegal to reciprocate.

it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.

it is still a “hanging offense” to steal cattle.

A recently passed anti crime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

Lubbock County Texas - It is illegal to drive within an arm's length of alcohol - including alcohol in someone else's blood stream.

Temple Texas - No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square.

Texarkana Texas - If you own a horse, you are not allowed to ride said horse at night with out tail lights.

Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.

from all those silly laws. these 2 i just dont get it. whats the point ? medical reason ?

Pennsylvania:

It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel.

It it illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.

Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.

A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.

You may not catch a fish with your hands.

You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth.

Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.

i live in idaho

Idaho state law makes it illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.

In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view."

No frowning in public

No housedirt in the Street

No fishing with a beaver

No fishing on the back of an elephant.

Good thing I dont live in penyslvania! I really want to try that one day...



Man, I wanted to try that too...

I don't think there's anything medical about these two laws....Just some govt. people sitting around, with nothing to do on a weekday and decided to throw them into the dumb law's of the states...

I hate body pain punishment.. criminal welcomes these type of punishment.. i beleive we can make them good.. just by knowing them well and giving them emotional punishments..

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)

palm springs ca.

it is illegal to walk your goat down mainstreet

That's actually not too stupid........

It is stupid. Just because your partner sleeps with someone doesn't warrant your right to kill them. What about if a husband is betrayed? Cheating on your partner is wrong but killing them over it, talk about exaggeration.

Good ones. I like the 5th one best lol. Hi I'm calling to inform you that tomorrow night I plant to murder you. I will dismember you slowly and then bury you alive. Now don't you go anywhere...nah your not gonna go anywhere.

Agreed...this is why we have divorce for goodness sakes! If your partner isn't trustworthy, end the marriage (not anyone's life).

Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.

In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.

In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday.

These are just some that I found while on Google.

Apparently, these are all dumb laws found in Indiana, but I've never heard of them xD.

# One man may not back into a parking spot becasue it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.

# Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.

# All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads.

# Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.

# Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.

# State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post.

# Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.

# A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.

# It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.

# Drinks on the house are illegal.

# It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.

# A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. (Ind. Code 15-2.1-21-13(

# Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.

# Liquor stores may not sell milk.

# Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.

# Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.

# You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying for him/her.

# Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights.

# No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.

# Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.

# You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table. The waiter or waitress has to do it.

# "Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal.

# You are required to pour your drink into a glass.

# It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.

# If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Immoral Practices.

# Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.

# A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.

# The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415. (Repealed)

Auburn
# It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offesnses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one's bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days.

Beech Grove
# It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.

Elkhart
# It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.

Evansville
# While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.

Fort Wayne
# You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It`s In the Book".

Gary
# Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.

South Bend
# It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.

Terre Haute
# No one may spit on the sidewalk.

Some stupid laws from North Carolina.

All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart. Making love in the space between the beds is strictly forbidden.


If a man and a woman who aren't married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.

It's against the law to sing off key.

Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.

A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.

Barber
Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.

Chapel Hill
It is a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate publicly.

Charlotte
Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times.

Elon College
There is to be no rollerblading during daylight hours, on the roads, or on the bricks. All the sidewalks at this college are made of brick. (Repealed in 1998)

Forest City
You must stop and call City Hall before entering town in an automobile. This is so the townspeople will have time to go out and hold their horses until you get through town.

Greensboro
Restaurants "with on sidewalk dining" must post their menu so that it is clearly readable from the sidewalk, but is not readable from the street.

Hornytown
Massage parlors have been banned.

Kill Devil Hills
You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars.

Rocky Mount
It is required that you must pay a property tax on your dog.

Southern Shores
It is against the law to rollerblade on a state highway

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Here's some from Maryland.(I used 2 live there btw)


*Thistles may not grow in one's yard.

Baltimore
*No person who is a "tramp" or "vagrant" shall loiter in any park at any time. They define tramp as a person who roves for begging purposes and a vagrant as an idle person who is able-bodied living without labor. It's a $50 fine. I guess the tramp would have to beg for the money to pay the fine. -Park Rule 6

*It's illegal to take a lion to the movies.

*It's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits.

*It is a violation of city code to sell chicks or ducklings to a minor within 1 week of the Easter holiday.

*It is a park rule violation to be in a public park with a sleeveless shirt. $10 fine. This would include joggers that go shirtless. (1898)

Baltimore City
*You may not curse inside the city limits.

*Though you may spit on a city roadway, spitting on city sidewalks is prohibited.

Columbia
*Though clotheslines are banned, clothes may be draped over a fence.

*You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can have a 25' satellite dish.

Ocean City
*Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.

*A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk. (Repealed)

It is against the law to bring a donkey or mule onto a trolley car in Pittsburgh, PA.

The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.

Wait...I thought the second amendment gave all Americans the right to bare arms...

* Runs and hides *

the great state of georgia:

- It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office (entire state)

- No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday (entire state)

- All citizens must own a rake. (Acworth)

- Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp. (Atlanta)

- It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy." (Jonesboro)

- The flooring of adult bookstores and video stores must be nonabsorbent and smooth textured. (Roswell) omg

--Question....Who's gonna tell?



-- and why would you put an ice cream cone in your pocket?

Illinois:

You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.

You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2.

Chicago:

Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.

It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck. (I dont even want to know how that came about)

Champaign:

One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth. (This one I want to know!)

ummm, i don't know. maybe that's why it's called "stupid laws". i notice you didn't question that last one in my list. you must know all about that . just kidding

My home country, Indonesia

- You have to have a religion. And there are 5 approved religions in Indonesia: Islam, Catholic, Protestant (or other kinds of christianity), Hindu, Budha

in noth carolina, starting on july 1st it is illegal to be driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time if under 18, however if you are above 18 yrs. old you may use a blue tooth piece, but that is kinda unfair...anyone agree?

There is still a law here in Kentucky that says that a woman cannot go into a store and try a hat on if a man whom she is with did not try it on first. Old law but still the law.

Whew... good thing they didn't say tater tots


Here's a few dumb NY laws - don't know if they are all still in existance though...

• Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
• You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
• It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing “body hugging clothing.
• Citizens may not greet each other by “putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers”.
• A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting.
• It is against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun.
  
  my favorite
  
• The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
  
  
• New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.
• A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
• While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
• Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.

City Laws in New York
Carmel - A man can’t go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk.
Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.

Greene- During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.

Ocean City - A law from the early 1900’s prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk.
Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.
People may not slurp their soup.
Pinball machines are not to be played on Sunday.
Raw hamburger may not be sold.

What if it's served in a glass. Wait, that would be the equivalent of drinking Milwalkee's Best wouldn't it?

The whole mispronouncing Arkansas law.