Are you commiting a crime?

[skadistic]

http://www.crazylaws.com/

Some of these are funny some just sad.

 

[Perfection]

Yes, yes I am.

 

[CartesianFart]

• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.

Remind me to not get married in Alabama.

In my State
• Ironton: Cross-dressing is against the law.I guess this ruin cgannon's vacation trip.

 

[Elrohir]

Two:

• Coins are not allowed to be placed in one's ears.
• You will be fined if you do not own a boat.

Yes, I have a dime in my ear. Just to so I can say I'm breaking that rule.

 

[vbraun]

• Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.

Darn it, guess I have to tell my neighbor to get their ass out of the tub..

 

[North King]

You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.

Oh dear.

 

[JohnRM]

http://www.crazylaws.com/

Some of these are funny some just sad.

I have a hard enough time keeping tracks of the laws that I break, that I DO know about.

 

[skadistic]

I have a hard enough time keeping tracks of the laws that I break, that I DO know about.

Same here and now I know of one more I break on an almost daily basis.
Maryland #16. One of the sad sad ones.

 

[Louis XXIV]

They keep repeating some of these, and I wonder if others are actually true (I've seen stuff before that I think has been discredited). But, in my state, I liked this one:

• In Delaware you may not sell dead people for money without a license.

I guess having a license makes it OK, though

I checked PA, too, since I used to live there.

• Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.

The thing about this one is that it is actively enforced, as far as I know. But I didn't know that this was unique to Pennsylvania. I remember about 5 years ago, one of my friends talking about how they had to go to North Carolina (might have been South Carolina or even Georgia) to get fireworks.


EDIT: After looking around, the emphasis is on PA residents.

An amendment to the Fireworks Law, effective November 30, 2004, makes it legal, upon proof of out-of-state residency status, to purchase Consumer Fireworks from a facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture provided the Consumer Fireworks are transported directly out of state by the seller or purchaser.

 

[blackheart]

• Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.

Same deal with South Dakota. The reason, I believe, is because South Dakota's fireefighting brigades are all volunteer.

 

[Perfection]

Same deal with South Dakota. The reason, I believe, is because South Dakota's fireefighting brigades are all volunteer.

No, it's because they want to make money off of selling fireworks to states n which they are illegal (Minnesota)

 

[ainwood]

Moderator Action: Moved to H&J

 

[SoCalian]

The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.

I actually like that one.

 

[Xanikk999]

I found a really really funny one on the site from Texas:

In Texas criminals are required to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

Heres another one from texas:

It is legal to commit a homicide as long as you tell the person when, and how you are going to kill them.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Boise: Residents may not fish from a giraffe's back.

But then how am I supposed to fish in Boise?

 

[Maniacal]

Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.

That is a GOOD law. I am sick of people always spiting at my school, except I live in BC so this law doesn't apply.

 

[Smokey_Monkey]

• It is illegal to jump off the Empire State building.

What are the police gonna do about it?

 

[ybbor]

Among the great ones from illinois:

• "Dwarf-tossing," the strange practice of hurling dwarfs in padded suits, is outlawed in the bars of Springfield, Ill., because it's dangerous and exploitative. The practice is apparently allowed elsewhere in town, with a special permit.
• In Chicago, Illinois, it is illegal to fish in pajamas.
• It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois.
• 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

Now for some useful laws:

• An Illinois state law requires that a man's female companion shall call him "master" while out on a date. The law does not apply to married couples.
• In Chicago it is also illegal...for women over 200 pounds (90 kilos) to ride horses in shorts.

 

[Red Door]

I'm breaking the following rules of Virginia

• A Virginia law requires all bathtubs to be kept out in the yards, not inside the houses.
• Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
• Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.
• It is illegal to spit on sidewalk.
• You cannot buy hardware of any kind on Sunday.

I just realized how Southern Virginia actually is, they have one law prohibiting

• Dayton: A person of color may not be outside or within the city limits after 7 pm.

 

[Mirc]

I heard that in Mexico:

It's not legal to hit your wife withoout asking her agreement.

In France:

French couples are not allowed to kiss on a railway.

It is forbidden to call the pigs Napoleon.

Somewhere in US, I don't remember:

It is forbidden for civilian passengers to leave the plane during the flight!

Most funny of all, in Arizona I think:

Women are not allowed to hide the TV sets under the bed!

And many others!