Strange and Unusual Laws of Your State

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IN TENNESSEE

You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.

Hollow logs may not be sold.

More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.

It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

"Crimes against nature" are prohibited.

Any person who participates in a duel may not hold any public office in the state.

Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.

Stealing a horse is punishible by hanging.

No Christian parent may require their children to pick up trash from the highway on Easter day.

Driving is not to be done while asleep.

It is legal to gather and consume roadkill.

Tattooing a minor is a misdemeanor.

IT is illegal to dare a child to purchase a beer.

It is illegal to place tacks on a highway.

Skunks may not be carried into the state.Who'd want to.

Not to mention all the ones for specific counties

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In Massachusetts, at a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.

http://www.dumblaws.com

LOL that's really funny!!!

Here are a few from North Carolina.

It's against the law to sing off key.

I'll be sure to stay away from NC then

I'd get life!

Caro,

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gonna tell us

Knowing charles, I bet we can figure it out!!

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Here's some Arizona Laws:

Hunting camels is prohibited. (In Arizona?)

Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.

There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.

Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.

A class 2 misdemeanor occurs if one places a mark upon a flag, which is "likely to provoke physical retaliation".

It is illegal to manufacture imitation cocaine.

When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person possesses.

It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.

You may not have more than two dildos in a house.

Globe

Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American.

Hayden

If you bother the cottontails or bullfrogs, you will be fined.

Maricopa County

No more than six girls may live in any house.

Mesa

It is illegal to smoke cigarettes within 15 feet of a public place unless you have a Class 12 liqueur license.

Mohave County

A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up.

Nogales

An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders.

Prescott

No one is permitted to ride his or her horse up the stairs of the county court house.

Tempe

One must be 18 years old to buy spray paint.

Tombstone

It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.

Tucson

Women may not wear pants.

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I rather like this law! I will get a sign posted soon--my wife, she likes to ride me often!

GEORGIA CODE

Copyright 2006 by The State of Georgia

All rights reserved.

*** Current through the 2006 Regular Session ***

TITLE 4. ANIMALS

CHAPTER 12. INJURIES FROM EQUINE OR LLAMA ACTIVITIES

O.C.G.A. § 4-12-5 (2006)

§ 4-12-5. Warning signs or notices posted by llama activity sponsors or llama professionals

(a) Every llama professional and every llama activity sponsor shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified in subsection (b ) of this Code section. Such signs shall be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals, pens, or arenas where the llama professional or the llama activity sponsor conducts llama activities. The warning notice specified in subsection (b ) of this Code section shall appear on the sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by a llama professional or by a llama activity sponsor for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment or tack or a llama to a participant, whether or not the contract involves llama activities on or off the location or site of the llama professional's or the llama activity sponsor's business, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (b ) of this Code section.

(b ) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall contain the following warning notice:

WARNING

Under Georgia law, a llama activity sponsor or llama professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in llama activities resulting from the inherent risks of llama activities, pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

© Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this Code section shall prevent a llama activity sponsor or llama professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this chapter.

Edited May 26, 2007 by Artegal

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§ 4-12-2. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1 ) "Engages in a llama activity" means riding, training, assisting in providing medical treatment of, driving, or being a passenger upon a llama, whether mounted or unmounted, or any person assisting a participant or show management. The term "engages in a llama activity" does not include being a spectator at a llama activity, except in cases where the spectator places himself or herself in an unauthorized area and in immediate proximity to the llama activity.

. . .

(8 ) "Llama" means a South American camelid which is an animal of the genus lama, commonly referred to as a "one llama," including llamas, alpacas, guanacos, and vicunas.

(9 ) "Llama activity" means:

(A ) Llama shows, fairs, competitions, performances, packing events, or parades that involve any or all breeds of llamas;

(B ) Using llamas to pull carts or to carry packs or other items;

(C ) Using llamas to pull travois-type carriers during rescue or emergency situations;

(D ) Llama training or teaching activities or both;

(E ) Taking llamas on public relations trips or visits to schools or nursing homes;

(F ) Participating in commercial packing trips in which participants pay a llama professional to be a guide on a hike leading llamas;

(G ) Boarding llamas;

(H ) Riding, inspecting, or evaluating a llama belonging to another, whether or not the owner has received some monetary consideration or other thing of value for the use of the llama or is permitting a prospective purchaser of the llama to ride, inspect, or evaluate the llama;

(I ) Using llamas in wool production;

(J ) Rides, trips, or other llama activities of any type however informal or impromptu that are sponsored by a llama activity sponsor; and

(K ) Trimming the nails of a llama.

(10 ) "Llama activity sponsor" means an individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether or not the sponsor is operating for profit or nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for a llama activity, including, but not limited to, llama clubs, 4-H clubs, hunt clubs, riding clubs, school and college-sponsored classes, programs, and activities, therapeutic riding programs, and operators, instructors, and promoters of llama facilities, including but not limited to stables, clubhouses, fairs, and arenas at which the activity is held.

(11 ) "Llama professional" means a person engaged for compensation:

(A ) In instructing a participant or renting to a participant a llama for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the llama; or

(B ) In renting equipment or tack to a participant.

(12 ) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in an equine activity or who engages in a llama activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in such activity.

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In Champaign

One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.

did they really have enough problems to require this law?

That should be a law in every city that has a university

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More strange Georgia laws:

# All males in the state between the ages of 16 and 50 are required to work on public roads.

## It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down.

Georgia law provides that it is a misdemeanor for any citizen to attend church worship on Sunday unless he is equipped with a rifle and it is loaded.

Atlanta

* it against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

* it is illegal for one man to carry another man on his back

Columbus

* Can't cut off a chicken's head on Sunday.

* It is illegal to carry a chicken by it's feet down Broadway on Sunday.

* it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an indecent position.

Conyers

* One may not place a dead bird on a neighbor's lawn.

Jonesboro

*It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro (Oh no - I work in Jonesboro, better watch my tongue!)

Quitman

* it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

Pocataligo

*It is a violation for a woman over 200 pounds and attired in shorts to pilot or ride in an airplane. -

Roswell

* The flooring of adult bookstores and video stores must be nonabsorbant and smooth textured.

Edited May 26, 2007 by Kathryn41