Let’s take a drive through Georgia to find some weird state laws!
- In Acworth: All citizens must own a rake
- Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp
- Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs
- In Athens-Clarke If you want to read your favorite book in public to your friends, do it before 2:45 AM
- In Gainesville: Chicken must be eaten with the hands
- It is illegal in Georgia to use profanity in the presence of a corpse
- In Quitman, It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road
- Jonesboro: It is illegal to say “Oh, Boy”
- In Athens-Clarke County — Goldfish may not be given away to entice someone to enter a game of bingo.
- Marietta: Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck
- You cannot live on a boat for more than 30 days during the calendar year, even if just passing through the state
- In Athens-Clarke County it is illegal to sell two beers for the price of one
- No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday
- In Athens-Clarke County, Adult bookstores may not sell alcohol
- Owners of mules may not allow their animal to roam around Athens unsupervised
- Persons under the age of 16 may not play pinball after 11:00 PM in Athens-Clarke County
- It is also illegal to make a disturbing sound at a fair in Athens-Clarke County
- If you’re going out of business in Athens-Clarke County, you will need a business license to hold a going-out-of-business sign
- While Georgia runs its own lottery, it’s illegal to promote a private lottery under the guise they are protecting their citizens
- If an organization non registered as “non-profit” fails to register their raffle with the local sheriff, that group risks paying up to $10,000 in fines and spending five years in jail
- Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session
- All sex toys are banned
- You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by “fighting” words
- It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down
- It is illegal to take a bath of orange peel
- On Mondays, it is illegal for one to whistle very loud after 11:00 PM
- No one may bath in Sandy Creek Lake
- One man may not be on another man’s back
- Model airplanes may be flown so long as they stay on either private property or city property adjacent to the county morgue
- No one may tease an idiot
- Crosses may be burned on someone else’s property, so long as you have their permission
- No person may be buried under a sidewalk of a cemetery
- In Kennesaw, every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind
- The flooring of adult bookstores and video stores must be nonabsorbant and smooth textured
Athens-Clarke County has seen some @$#* …
Speaking the truth (joke intended) is Stehekin912! Wishing we all could be Wonder Woman with her lasso of truth!
Picture this: You are angry. In fact, you are livid. You look at this person(s) taking part in your pet peeve. You say to yourself “If I ran the world, this would be illegal.”
QOTN: If you could create any weird law, what would it be? Did deep into your annoyances and let your creative juices flow. GO!
Sources: Forest Grove Strange Laws, Fun Laws 50 Weird Laws, Only In Your State Georgia
