Stupid Laws tagged 'death'
Advertisements may not be placed in cemeteries.
Location: Wells, Maine | no comments
Cattle rustling is punishable by hanging.
Location: Mississippi, United States | 2 comments
Citizens may not murder their enemies.
Location: Wisconsin, United States | 3 comments
Committing suicide is classified as a capital offense.
Location: England | 8 comments
Cutting off a friend’s head with an axe is against the law.
Location: Idaho, United States | 9 comments
Duels to the death permitted on the common on Sundays provided that the Governor is present.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | one comment
Funeral jargon seems to have crept into the wording of a cemetery fee regulation as regular plots are $33, but “creamies” are $75.
Location: Norton, Ohio | no comments
If a driver in an accident dies the police are still required to do a breathalyzer test to legally be able to determine who was at fault for the accident
Location: Brazil | no comments
If you challenge a man to a fist fight to the death, he must accept or pay a penalty of 4 deer.
Location: Norway | 2 comments
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.
Location: Italy | no comments
It is a capital offense to inadvertently kill someone while attempting suicide.
Location: South Carolina, United States | no comments
It is against the law to be cremated with a living creature in a pocket of your clothing.
Location: Philippines | 4 comments
It is illegal for banks to refuse vault owner to store dead relatives in their vaults – provided the period of storage does not exceed 7 months.
Location: Switzerland | no comments
It is illegal to die unless a cemetery plot has first been bought.
Location: France | 12 comments
It is illegal to kill an Englishman except for pleasure.
Location: Scotland | 7 comments
It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
Location: Georgia, United States | no comments
It’s still “legal” to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
Location: Nevada, United States | no comments
Minnesota tax forms ask for your date of death.
Location: Minnesota, United States | 3 comments
On the call “Bring out your dead” any family member who has died from the Black Plague must immediately be removed from the house to be carted away.
Location: United Kingdom | one comment
One may not tip over a casket at a funeral.
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | no comments
Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
Location: Ohio, United States | one comment
Policemen are required to kill stray cats
Location: Hibbing, Minnesota | one comment
Since 1173 it has been illegal to die.
Location: Venice, Italy | 32 comments
Stealing a horse is punishible by hanging.
Location: Tennessee, United States | 3 comments
The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
Location: New York, United States | 15 comments