Stupid Laws in Kentucky

A person can be sent to jail for five years for merely sending a bottle of beer, wine or spirits as a gift to a friend in Kentucky.

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All bees entering Kentucky shall be accompanied by certificates of health, stating that the apiary from which the bees came was free from contagious or infectious disease. -KRS 252.130 (Passed in 1922; Repealed in 1948)

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All nude people in your house must be registered.

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Any person who appears on any highway, or upon the street of any city that has no police protection, when clothed only in ordinary bathing garb, shall be fined no less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.” – KRS 436.140 (Passed in 1922; Repealed in 1974)

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Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile in connection withany religious service or gathering shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). -KRS 437.060 (Passed 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1267a-1.).

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Anyone who has been drinking is “sober” until he or she “cannot hold onto the ground”.

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Every citizen of is required to take a shower once a year.

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If someone steals your horse, there is a law that allows you to publicly hang the person and no law enforcement officer is allowed to stop you.

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It is illegal to fish with a bow and arrow in Kentucky.

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It is illegal to shoot game out of the window of a moving vehicle, with the exception of a whale.

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It’s illegal to fish in the Ohio River in Kentucky without an Indiana Fishing License.

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Minors can’t play billiards without parental signature.

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No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she is escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club.” Later, an amendment proposed: The provisions of this statute shall not apply to any female weighing less than sixty pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds; nor shall it apply to female horses.

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No person shall sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange, display or possess living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits which have been dyed or colored; nor dye or color any baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits; nor sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange or to give away baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits, under two months of age in any quantity less than six, except that any rabbit weighing three pounds or more may be sold at an age of six weeks. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500. -KRS 436.600 (Passed 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 215, sec. 5.)

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One may not own a red dyed rabbit or offer it for sale unless more than six are for sale at once.

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Throwing flowers at a public speaker could result in up to one year in prison.

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You need a license to walk around nude on your property.

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