Stupid Laws in Washington
A law to reduce crime states: “It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.”
Location: Washington, United States | one comment
A proposed Washington law protects sports referees from civil suit unless their actions were “willful, wanton, reckless, malicious or grossly negligent.”
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
A Washington state law offers the presumption that youngsters will read comic books.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
All lollipops are banned.
Location: Washington, United States | 18 comments
All motor vehicles must be preceded by a man carrying a red flag (daytime) or a red lantern (nighttime) fifty feet in front of said vehicle.
Location: Washington, United States | 3 comments
An old Washington law sent duelists to jail for ten years, assuming they didn’t lose the duel.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
Any restroom with pay toilets has to have an equal number of free toilets.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
Anyone under the age of 18 must have parental permission to throw a tear gas canister.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
Candidates for office cannot buy alcohol for others while polls are open
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
Dancing and drinking may not occur at the same establishment.
Location: Lynden, Washington | no comments
Destroying a beer cask or bottle of another is illegal.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
Fake wrestling is illegal
Location: Washington, United States | 3 comments
If honey is a blend of more than one type of flower, it’s illegal for the honey to be labeled as having come from one type of flower.
Location: Seattle, Washington | no comments
It is illegal to “keep, or permit to remain, in any location . . . anything whatsoever in which flies or rats may breed or multiply.”
Location: Electric City, Washington | no comments
It is illegal to attach a vending machine to a utility pole without prior consent from the utility company.
Location: Washington, United States | 4 comments
It is illegal to carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus because the sound of the water sloshing may disturb other passengers.
Location: Seattle, Washington | no comments
It is illegal to display a hypnotized or allegedly hypnotized person in a store window.
Location: Everett, Washington | no comments
It is illegal to entice girls away from the Maple Lane School for girls.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
It is illegal to give noxious substances to a bird in any city park.
Location: Walla Walla, Washington | no comments
It is illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag.
Location: Washington, United States | 4 comments
It is illegal to pretend you’re the offspring of someone and entitled to their estate
Location: Washington, United States | one comment
It used to be illegal to interrupt a religious meeting by having a horse race.
Location: Spokane, Washington | no comments
It’s illegal to catch a fish by throwing a rock at it.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
It’s illegal to sell to minors comics that might incite them to violence or depraved or immoral acts.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments
It’s illegal to sleep in an outhouse without the owner’s permission.
Location: Washington, United States | no comments