In Illinois, animals can be sent to jail.
A monkey once served 5 days in a Chicago jail for shoplifting.
It is illegal to own gold
Executive Order 6102 was signed on April 5, 1933, by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt “forbidding the Hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States”. The order criminalized the possession of monetary gold by any individual, partnership, association or corporation. This was followed up by the Gold Reserve Act…
It is illegal to store your own stuff in your own garage
According to Chapter 6 of the San Francisco Housing Code, “Private and public storage garages in apartment houses and hotels shall be used only for storage of automobiles.” Failing to comply with the law can lead to fines of up to $500. [Added by Ord. 399-89, App. 11/6/89; amended by Ord. 161-92, App. 6/4/92; Ord….
Atheists are disqualified from holding office or testifying as witness.
Arkansas Constitution Article 19 Section 1 states that no person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.
An invitation from a third party trumps a restraining order
In College Station, Texas, you can have a restraining order placed on someone from a property (apartment, duplex, business building) however, if the restrained person is invited by another person, they can enter the property legally. Officers can come and tell them there is a restraining order for them at that location, but cannot make…
Surfers must express themselves using a vocabulary of no more than one hundred words.
A surfer can choose which hundred words will be at his beck and call, but once chosen there can be no deviation.