Stupid Laws » New Mexico http://www.stupidlaws.com Browse and discuss the largest collection of dumb, crazy, and stupid laws covering the United States, England, Australia, Europe, Florida, California, Texas and many other countries and states. Stupid state laws, local law, and national laws. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:14:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A city council member introduced a resolution a few years ago to ban Santa Claus from the city (defeated) http://www.stupidlaws.com/a-city-council-member-introduced-a-resolution-a-few-years-ago-to-ban-santa-claus-from-the-city-defeated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-city-council-member-introduced-a-resolution-a-few-years-ago-to-ban-santa-claus-from-the-city-defeated http://www.stupidlaws.com/a-city-council-member-introduced-a-resolution-a-few-years-ago-to-ban-santa-claus-from-the-city-defeated/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:04:40 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3650
  • A legislator proposed a resolution urging that each TV weather person be required to provide an ice cream cone to every member of the state House of Representatives whenever the forecast was wrong.
  • It is illegal to bring a bomb or rocket at city council proceedings.
  • City Council order reads: “No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash.”
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  • A legislator proposed a resolution urging that each TV weather person be required to provide an ice cream cone to every member of the state House of Representatives whenever the forecast was wrong.
  • It is illegal to bring a bomb or rocket at city council proceedings.
  • City Council order reads: “No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash.”
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/a-city-council-member-introduced-a-resolution-a-few-years-ago-to-ban-santa-claus-from-the-city-defeated/feed/ 0     Hunting is prohibited in Mountain View Cemetery. http://www.stupidlaws.com/hunting-is-prohibited-in-mountain-view-cemetery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hunting-is-prohibited-in-mountain-view-cemetery http://www.stupidlaws.com/hunting-is-prohibited-in-mountain-view-cemetery/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:55:32 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3644
  • You may not lean your bicycle up against a tree in a cemetery.
  • It is illegal to drive over graves in a cemetery.
  • Persons may not ride a bicycle with their hands off the handlebars.
    • ]]>     8-4-3: VISITOR INFORMATION:

    D. Driving; Hunting: Persons within the cemetery grounds shall use only the avenues, walkways and roads when practical. No one must ride or drive upon the lawns. Riding a bicycle or hunting is expressly prohibited within the confines of the cemetery premises.

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    1. You may not lean your bicycle up against a tree in a cemetery.
    2. It is illegal to drive over graves in a cemetery.
    3. Persons may not ride a bicycle with their hands off the handlebars.

    ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/hunting-is-prohibited-in-mountain-view-cemetery/feed/ 0     It is illegal for cab drivers to reach out and pull potential customers into their cabs. http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-for-cab-drivers-to-reach-out-and-pull-potential-customers-into-their-cabs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-is-illegal-for-cab-drivers-to-reach-out-and-pull-potential-customers-into-their-cabs http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-for-cab-drivers-to-reach-out-and-pull-potential-customers-into-their-cabs/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:06 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3652
  • Taxi drivers must pay royalties if they play music in their cars for paying customers.
  • Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
  • It is illegal for taxi drivers to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
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  • Taxi drivers must pay royalties if they play music in their cars for paying customers.
  • Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
  • It is illegal for taxi drivers to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-for-cab-drivers-to-reach-out-and-pull-potential-customers-into-their-cabs/feed/ 0     It’s legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during their lunch break from work, as long as the car or van has drawn curtains to stop strangers from peeking in. http://www.stupidlaws.com/its-legal-for-couples-to-have-sex-in-a-parked-vehicle-during-their-lunch-break-from-work-as-long-as-the-car-or-van-has-drawn-curtains-to-stop-strangers-from-peeking-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-legal-for-couples-to-have-sex-in-a-parked-vehicle-during-their-lunch-break-from-work-as-long-as-the-car-or-van-has-drawn-curtains-to-stop-strangers-from-peeking-in http://www.stupidlaws.com/its-legal-for-couples-to-have-sex-in-a-parked-vehicle-during-their-lunch-break-from-work-as-long-as-the-car-or-van-has-drawn-curtains-to-stop-strangers-from-peeking-in/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:51 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3654
  • It’s unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
  • Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street.
  • Couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple’s own property.
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  • It’s unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
  • Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street.
  • Couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple’s own property.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/its-legal-for-couples-to-have-sex-in-a-parked-vehicle-during-their-lunch-break-from-work-as-long-as-the-car-or-van-has-drawn-curtains-to-stop-strangers-from-peeking-in/feed/ 0     It’s legal to gamble on bicycle races, but not ostrich or camel racing http://www.stupidlaws.com/its-legal-to-gamble-on-bicycle-races-but-not-ostrich-or-camel-racing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-legal-to-gamble-on-bicycle-races-but-not-ostrich-or-camel-racing http://www.stupidlaws.com/its-legal-to-gamble-on-bicycle-races-but-not-ostrich-or-camel-racing/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:06:51 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3656
  • Persons may not ride a bicycle with their hands off the handlebars.
  • Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
  • Don’t try to do any kind of fancy bicycle riding in this town.
    • ]]>     In recent years, several efforts have been made to legalize camel racing and ostrich racing in New Mexico, but to no avail. Those bills were defeated, but the legislature recently allowed gambling on bicycle races.

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    1. Persons may not ride a bicycle with their hands off the handlebars.
    2. Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
    3. Don’t try to do any kind of fancy bicycle riding in this town.

    ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/its-legal-to-gamble-on-bicycle-races-but-not-ostrich-or-camel-racing/feed/ 0     It’s forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public. http://www.stupidlaws.com/it%e2%80%99s-forbidden-for-a-female-to-appear-unshaven-in-public/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it%25e2%2580%2599s-forbidden-for-a-female-to-appear-unshaven-in-public http://www.stupidlaws.com/it%e2%80%99s-forbidden-for-a-female-to-appear-unshaven-in-public/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:53:27 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3640
  • It is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and face.
  • 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.
  • Women are forbidden from wearing pants in public.
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  • It is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and face.
  • 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.
  • Women are forbidden from wearing pants in public.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/it%e2%80%99s-forbidden-for-a-female-to-appear-unshaven-in-public/feed/ 4     Persons may not spit on the steps of the opera house. http://www.stupidlaws.com/persons-may-not-spit-on-the-steps-of-the-opera-house/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persons-may-not-spit-on-the-steps-of-the-opera-house http://www.stupidlaws.com/persons-may-not-spit-on-the-steps-of-the-opera-house/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:54:12 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3642
  • It is illegal to spit orange peels out on to the sidewalk.
  • Keeping a house where unmarried persons are allowed to have sex is prohibited.
  • It is illegal to wear a hat in a movie theater.
    • ]]>     6-1D-2: EXPECTORATING ON SIDEWALKS OR IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS:

    It is unlawful for any person to spit or expectorate upon any of the public sidewalks, crosswalks, passes, byways or paths in the city, or upon the floor or steps of the public building, store, hotel, church, opera house, office room, schoolhouse or any other building in the city in which persons are in the habit of frequenting, assembling or congregating.

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    2. Keeping a house where unmarried persons are allowed to have sex is prohibited.
    3. It is illegal to wear a hat in a movie theater.

    ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/persons-may-not-spit-on-the-steps-of-the-opera-house/feed/ 0     State officials ordered 400 words of “sexually explicit material” to be cut from Romeo and Juliet. http://www.stupidlaws.com/state-officials-ordered-400-words-of-sexually-explicit-material-to-be-cut-from-romeo-and-juliet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-officials-ordered-400-words-of-sexually-explicit-material-to-be-cut-from-romeo-and-juliet http://www.stupidlaws.com/state-officials-ordered-400-words-of-sexually-explicit-material-to-be-cut-from-romeo-and-juliet/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:26:39 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=1982
  • State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post.
  • Gold Coast: It is illegal for a woman to wear a bikini which uses more than 6 square inches of material.
  • It is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.
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  • State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post.
  • Gold Coast: It is illegal for a woman to wear a bikini which uses more than 6 square inches of material.
  • It is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/state-officials-ordered-400-words-of-sexually-explicit-material-to-be-cut-from-romeo-and-juliet/feed/ 0     The state Constitution prevents idiots from voting http://www.stupidlaws.com/the-state-constitution-prevents-idiots-from-voting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-state-constitution-prevents-idiots-from-voting http://www.stupidlaws.com/the-state-constitution-prevents-idiots-from-voting/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:52:38 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3638
  • According to the state constitution, it is unlawful for anyone to own a red or a black flag.
  • The state constitution allows for freedom of speech, a trial by jury, and pregnant pigs to not be confined in cages.
  • One may not bring their dog to school.
    • ]]>     CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
    ADOPTED JANUARY 21, 1911

    Article VII. Elective Franchise
    Section 1. [Qualifications of voters; absentee voting; school elections; registration.]

    Every citizen of the United States, who is over the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in New Mexico twelve months, in the county ninety days, and in the precinct in which he offers to vote thirty days, next preceding the election, except idiots, insane persons and persons convicted of a felonious or infamous crime unless restored to political rights, shall be qualified to vote at all elections for public officers. The legislature may enact laws providing for absentee voting by qualified electors. All school elections shall be held at different times from other elections.

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    1. According to the state constitution, it is unlawful for anyone to own a red or a black flag.
    2. The state constitution allows for freedom of speech, a trial by jury, and pregnant pigs to not be confined in cages.
    3. One may not bring their dog to school.

    ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/the-state-constitution-prevents-idiots-from-voting/feed/ 0     You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street. http://www.stupidlaws.com/you-may-not-carry-a-lunchbox-down-main-street/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-may-not-carry-a-lunchbox-down-main-street http://www.stupidlaws.com/you-may-not-carry-a-lunchbox-down-main-street/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:03:16 +0000 admin http://www.stupidlaws.com/?p=3648
  • It is unlawful to walk one’s cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday.
  • Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day.
  • It is illegal to park an elephant on Main Street
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  • It is unlawful to walk one’s cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday.
  • Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day.
  • It is illegal to park an elephant on Main Street
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