Georgia Silly Laws

Georgia's Silly Laws

Statewide:

You cannot live on a boat for more than 30 days during the calendar year, even if just passing through the state
Note to self...do not sail to Georgia
If an organization not 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.
There's a racket somewhere
While Georgia operates its own lottery, it “protects” its citizens by making it illegal to promote a private lottery.
Georgia gets all the moneys!
The term “sadomasochistic abuse” is defined so broadly, that it could possibly be applied to a person handcuffing another in a clown suit.
Seems legit
All sex toys are banned.
I've heard it's even illegal to ship them there
Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
Why would you even try?
Signs are required to be written in English.
Good I don't read hyeroglyphs
No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
It also makes your mom mad.
It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
If you find a dead body on a hiking trail feel free to cuss as much as you want.
Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
That just annoys me

City Laws in Georgia

Acworth

All citizens must own a rake.
It's all about priorities

Athens-Clarke County

Adult bookstores may not sell alcohol.
You gotta go next door for that
If you want to read your favorite book in public to your friends, do it before 2:45 AM.
And after when? Cause technically everything is before 2:45 am
Massage businesses may not sell alcohol on the side.
Once again, you gotta go next door
It is illegal to sell two beers at once for a single price. For example, a bar can’t run a 2 Bud Lights for $5 special.
Instead tonight Bud Lights are$2.50
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.
They saw that Zohan movie
Goldfish may not be given away to entice someone to enter a game of bingo.
All those poor homeless goldfish
Owners of mules may not allow their animal to roam around Athens unsupervised.
Send them out with a chaperone.
Persons under the age of 16 may not play pinball after 11:00 PM.
Do people still play pinball?
It is illegal for one to make a disturbing sound at a fair.
Mom don't go to Georgia

Athens-Clarke County

On Mondays, it is illegal for one to whistle very loud after 11:00 PM.
Why Mondays?
You may not get drunk on the bus.
Save that for your car
Alabama slingshots may not be used in the city limits.
I didn't know that states had their own slingshots
No one may bathe in Sandy Creek Lake.
We have indoor plumbing now

Atlanta

Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
Well it's the only thing tall enough
One man may not be on another man’s back.
What about monkeys?

Cobb County

At Nickajack Elementary School, all peanut products are banned, even peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Overkill much?

Columbus

No one may practice the business of tattooing on Sunday.
Even tattoo artists need a day off
It is illegal to carve your initials on a tree, even if it is on your own property.
Haven't you seen Fern Gully?
Model airplanes may be flown so long as they stay on either private property or city property adjacent to the county morgue.
Say what?
Blow guns are not allowed to be used within the city limits.
No words
Cussing over the telephone is against the law.
Cuss in public instead!
No one may tease an idiot.
Define idiot
It is illegal to wear a hat in a movie theater.
All hats? Or like My Fair Lady hats?
Crosses may be burned on someone else’s property, so long as you have their permission.
Oh yeah that makes sense
To swim in any pond in the city, one must wear a ‘suitable bathing suit’.
Who writes these laws???
Barber shops may not open on Sundays.
They're busy hanging out with the tattoo aritsts
Stink bombs are not allowed in the city limits.
For obvious reasons
Picnics are prohibited in graveyards.
What?
No person may be buried under a sidewalk of a cemetery.
What if they build the sidewalk over my grave?

Columbus

Bars may not hold a “Lady’s Night?.
Stepping all over my fun
All Indians must return to their shore of the Chattohoochee River by nightfall.
Stupid racist laws
The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually shooting it.
Awesome
It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
Nobody wants your old corn flakes anyway
Can’t cut off a chicken’s head on Sunday.
You can't eat em the day you kill em anyway
It is illegal to carry a chicken by it’s feet down Broadway on Sunday.
You can't chop off it's head so carry it by the neck

Conyers

One may not place a dead bird on a neighbor’s lawn.
Keep your dead birds to yourself

Dublin

Persons may not wear hoods in public.
You hear that dementors?
It is illegal to play catch in any city street.
Where's the sandlot?
Cars may not be driven through playgrounds.
Probably for the best
Rocks may not be thrown at birds.
What about slingshotted
A person must obtain a permit to spread rat poison.
Damn the man! Buy a cat!

Gainesville

Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
As opposed to what?

Jonesboro

It is illegal to say “Oh, Boy.
Just don't take away my right to say dude

Kennesaw

Every head of household must own a gun.
What if the head of the house is a felon? No one ever thinks these things through.

Marietta

Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
Rednecks unite!

Quitman

It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
Why did the chicken cross the road? Cause he's a rebel
Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.
Well keep the people out of the street then

Roswell

Erotic dancing is prohibited on Sundays.
The strippers, barbers, and tattoo artists all hang out together

Roswell

The flooring of adult bookstores and video stores must be nonabsorbant and smooth textured.
This grossed me out and made me giggle

St. Mary's

No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.
Ya gotta be able to see where you're spitting

Laws found at: http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/georgia?page=60