61 Dumb Laws In Metro Atlanta
Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by Eric Lowery in Atlanta Events & Culture, Georgia Laws
I really don’t know how many of these Atlanta area laws are true or not, but www.Dumblaws.com seemed to think they were. Here are the 61 dumb Georgia laws I found on their website. They’re good for a laugh anyway.
Georgia (General)
1. 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.
2. While Georgia operates its own lottery, it “protects” its citizens by making it illegal to promote a private lottery.
3. The term “sadomasochistic abuse” is defined so broadly, that it could possibly be applied to a person handcuffing another in a clown suit.
4. All sex toys are banned.
5. It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
6. Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
7. Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
8. Signs are required to be written in English.
9. No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
City Laws in Georgia
Acworth
10. All citizens must own a rake.
Athens-Clarke County
11. Adult bookstores may not sell alcohol.
12. If you want to read your favorite book in public to your friends, do it before 2:45 AM.
13. Massage businesses may not sell alcohol on the side.
14. It is illegal to sell two beers are once for a single price. For example, a bar can’t run a 2 Bud Lights for $5 special.
15. Though being forced to close your business is bad enough, Athens-Clarke County forces one to obtain a license before holding a Going-Out-Of-Business sale.
16. Goldfish may not be given away to entice someone to enter a game of bingo.
17. Owners of mules may not allow their animal to roam around Athens unsupervised.
18. Persons under the age of 16 may not play pinball after 11:00 PM.
19. It is illegal for one to make a disturbing sound at a fair.
20. On Mondays, it is illegal for one to whistle very loud after 11:00 PM.
21. You may not get drunk on “The Bus”?
22. Alabama slingshots may not be used in the city limits.
23. No one may bath in Sandy Creek Lake.
Atlanta
24. Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
25. One man may not be on another man’s back.
Cobb County
26. At Nickajack Elementary School, all peanut products are banned, even peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Columbus
27. No one may practice the business of tattooing on Sunday.
28. It is illegal to carve your initials on a tree, even if it is on your own property.
29. Model airplanes may be flown so long as they stay on either private property or city property adjacent to the county morgue.
30. Blow guns are not allowed to be used within the city limits.
31. Cussing over the telephone is against the law.
32. No one may tease an idiot.
33. It is illegal to wear a hat in a movie theater.
34. Crosses may be burned on someone else’s property, so long as you have their permission.
35. To swim in any pond in the city, one must wear a ‘suitable bathing suit’.
36. Barber shops may not open on Sundays.
37. Stink bombs are not allowed in the city limits.
38. Picnics are prohibited in graveyards.
39. No person may be buried under a sidewalk of a cemetery.
40. It is illegal to set one price for two beers.
41. Bars may not hold a “Lady’s Night.”
42. All Indians must return to their shore of the Chattohoochee River by nightfall.
43. The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually shooting it.
44. It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
45. Can’t cut off a chicken’s head on Sunday.
46. It is illegal to carry a chicken by it’s feet down Broadway on Sunday.
Conyers
47. One may not place a dead bird on a neighbor’s lawn.
Dublin
48. Rocks may not be thrown at birds.
49. A person must obtain a permit to spread rat poison.
50. Persons may not wear hoods in public.
51. It is illegal to play catch in any city street.
52. Cars may not be driven through playgrounds.
Gainesville
53. Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
Jonesboro
54. It is illegal to say “Oh, Boy.
Kennesaw
55. Every head of household must own a gun.
Marietta
56. Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
Quitman
57. It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
58. Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.
Roswell
59. Erotic dancing is prohibited on Sundays.
60. The flooring of adult bookstores and video stores must be nonabsorbant and smooth textured.
St. Mary’s
61. No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.
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