Stupid Laws & Dumb Laws » Iowa http://www.idiotlaws.com Stupid Laws that Actually Exist Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:57:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Dancing in the early morning is illegal http://www.idiotlaws.com/dancing-in-the-early-morning-is-illegal/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/dancing-in-the-early-morning-is-illegal/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:41:17 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/?p=1050 In Des Moines, it’s illegal to dance between the hours of 2 A.M. and 6 A.M. – The law dates back to at least the 1940′s and just doesn’t really fit in today’s society. There is currently a movement within to city to have the law changed. Hopefully soon if you are in the mood for a little waltzing in the early hours of the morning, you will be able to goto a club to shake your booty!

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/dancing-in-the-early-morning-is-illegal/feed/ 1 Winking at strange women prohibited http://www.idiotlaws.com/winking-at-strange-women-prohibited/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/winking-at-strange-women-prohibited/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:04:48 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/winking-at-strange-women-prohibited/ Men are prohibited from winking at women they do not know.

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/winking-at-strange-women-prohibited/feed/ 0 Softball played in the dark after 10:30pm http://www.idiotlaws.com/softball-played-in-the-dark-after-1030pm/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/softball-played-in-the-dark-after-1030pm/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:03:37 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/softball-played-in-the-dark-after-1030pm/ Softball diamond lights can not stay on past 10:30pm.  Make sure you bring your night vision!

47.06 SOFTBALL DIAMOND LIGHTS.

The lights at the Mount Vernon softball diamond shall be used only for organized games and tournaments unless permission is obtained from the Parks and Recreation Director. In no event shall the lights at the ballpark be on after 10:30 p.m. on any night.

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/softball-played-in-the-dark-after-1030pm/feed/ 0 Firing missiles onto the highway prohibited without written consent http://www.idiotlaws.com/firing-missiles-onto-the-highway-prohibited-without-written-consent/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/firing-missiles-onto-the-highway-prohibited-without-written-consent/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:00:58 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/firing-missiles-onto-the-highway-prohibited-without-written-consent/ If you plan on throwing stones or shooting missiles on any public walkway, highway or building, make sure you obtain a written consent letter from the Council before doing so.

41.09 THROWING AND SHOOTING.

It is unlawful for a person to throw stones, bricks or missiles of any kind or to shoot arrows, rubber guns, slingshots, air rifles or other dangerous instruments or toys on or into any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, public way, public ground or public building, without written consent of the Council.

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/firing-missiles-onto-the-highway-prohibited-without-written-consent/feed/ 7 Keep your horse away from the fire hydrants! http://www.idiotlaws.com/keep-your-horse-away-from-the-fire-hydrants/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/keep-your-horse-away-from-the-fire-hydrants/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:58:28 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/keep-your-horse-away-from-the-fire-hydrants/ You might face a fine if your horse is found nibbling on the fire hydrant.

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/keep-your-horse-away-from-the-fire-hydrants/feed/ 0 No Ice Cream for You! http://www.idiotlaws.com/no-ice-cream-for-you/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/no-ice-cream-for-you/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:57:15 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/no-ice-cream-for-you/ Ice cream vendors are banned from the town of Indianola, Iowa.

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/no-ice-cream-for-you/feed/ 7 Practice makes perfect… fires. http://www.idiotlaws.com/practice-makes-perfect-fires/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/practice-makes-perfect-fires/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:55:49 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/practice-makes-perfect-fires/ Before the local fire dept. answers a fire call, they are required to practice fire fighting for 15mins!

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/practice-makes-perfect-fires/feed/ 3 Hotels are required to have water buckets and hitching post http://www.idiotlaws.com/hotels-are-required-to-have-water-buckets-and-hitching-post/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/hotels-are-required-to-have-water-buckets-and-hitching-post/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:53:16 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/hotels-are-required-to-have-water-buckets-and-hitching-post/ Next time you pull up on your horse at the local hotel.  Make sure they’re equipped with a hitching post and water bucket.

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/hotels-are-required-to-have-water-buckets-and-hitching-post/feed/ 0 Predicting the future prohibited within city limits http://www.idiotlaws.com/predicting-the-future-prohibited-within-city-limits/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/predicting-the-future-prohibited-within-city-limits/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:51:05 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/predicting-the-future-prohibited-within-city-limits/ Fortune tellers are not allowed to practice within city limits.  They should already know this, right?

62.25 FORTUNE TELLING.

No person shall tell fortunes or practice phrenology, palmistry or clairvoyancy in the city.

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/predicting-the-future-prohibited-within-city-limits/feed/ 1 This Bud is not for you http://www.idiotlaws.com/this-bud-is-not-for-you/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/this-bud-is-not-for-you/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:48:34 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/this-bud-is-not-for-you/ Stores selling beer are prohibited from placing a sign outside their stores advertising they are selling beer. This must be a very religious town.

Sec. 5 1/2-20. Beer Brand Signs Prohibited

No signs or other matter advertising any brand of beer shall be erected or placed upon the outside of any premises occupied by a licensee or permittee authorized to sell beer at retail. All such signs formerly erected shall be removed by the owner of same by July 1, 1974. (Ord. 49A-71, 12-28-1971)

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/this-bud-is-not-for-you/feed/ 1 Hop picking boxes must be 36″ in length http://www.idiotlaws.com/hop-picking-boxes-must-be-36-in-length/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/hop-picking-boxes-must-be-36-in-length/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:42:18 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/hop-picking-boxes-must-be-36-in-length/ If you’re a hop grower, you’re required by law to use a box thats exactly 36″ in length to store the picked hops.

Chapter 195.

Protection of Hop-Growing Interests.

Section 4. Size of boxes for picking hops.

The standard size for all boxes used in picking hops shall be 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 23 1/4 inches deep, inside measure.

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/hop-picking-boxes-must-be-36-in-length/feed/ 0 Doctors must report herpes to local health board http://www.idiotlaws.com/doctors-must-report-herpes-to-local-health-board/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/doctors-must-report-herpes-to-local-health-board/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:38:46 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/doctors-must-report-herpes-to-local-health-board/ Doctors treating anyone with herpes or any other venereal disease is required by law to report to the local health board about the origins of the patients’ disease.

Chapter 299

The Public Health

Section 2. Local boards of health – diseased persons – physicians to report.

It shall be the duty of every licensed physician, of every superintendent or manager of a hospital dispensary and of every person who gives treatment for a venereal disease, to mail to the local board of health of the city, town, or township located in the state of Iowa, and where the disease occurs, a card or report blank supplied by the state board of health, stating the age, sex, color, marital condition and occupation of such diseased person, the nautre and previous duration of such disease and its probable origin; such card or report blank to be mailed immediately after the first examination or treatment of such diseased person, provided, that except as hereinafter required, the name and address of such diseased person shall not be reported to the local board of health.

Approved April 22, 1919

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/doctors-must-report-herpes-to-local-health-board/feed/ 2 Rabbis, Priests and Ministers required to have permit to carry their booze http://www.idiotlaws.com/rabbis-priests-and-ministers-required-to-have-permit-to-carry-their-booze/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/rabbis-priests-and-ministers-required-to-have-permit-to-carry-their-booze/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:28:24 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/rabbis-priests-and-ministers-required-to-have-permit-to-carry-their-booze/ All men of God are required to carry a permit if they plan on crossing state lines with liquor.

Chapter 221

Wines for Sacraments, etc.

Section 1. Wines for sacraments, etc. – purchase and transportation – permit.

Any minister, priest, rabbi, of any church, sect, denomination or creed which uses wines in its sacraficial ceremonies or sacraments, and who desires to purchase and have transported by either intrastate or interstate common carriers and have possession of such sacramental wines shall, before purchasing or transporting such sacramental wines apply for and obtain a permit authorizing such sale or transportation as hereinafter provided.

Approved April 14, 1919

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/rabbis-priests-and-ministers-required-to-have-permit-to-carry-their-booze/feed/ 0 Board established to regulate hearing aids http://www.idiotlaws.com/board-established-to-regulate-hearing-aids/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/board-established-to-regulate-hearing-aids/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:25:03 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/board-established-to-regulate-hearing-aids/ WHAT?! Here’s a town with not much going on if they need to establish a board for hearing aids regulations.

154A.2 Establishment of board.

A board for the licensing and regulation of hearing aid dealers is established. The board shall consist of three licensed hearing aid dealers and two members who are not licensed hearing aid dealers who shall represent the general public. Members, who shall be residents of the state of Iowa, shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. A licensed member shall be actively employed as a hearing aid dealer and shall have been so engaged for five years preceding appointment, the last two of which shall have been in Iowa. Hearing aid dealers appointed to the initial board shall have not less than five years experience and shall fulfill the qualifications relating to experience for licensure as provided in this chapter.

No more than two members of the board shall be employees of, or dealers principally, for the same hearing aid manufacturer.

Professional associations or societies composed of licensed hearing aid dealers may recommend the names of potential board members to the governor, but the governor shall not be bound by the recommendations. A board member shall not be required to be a member of any professional association or society composed of licensed hearing aid dealers.

Section History: Early form

[C75, 77, 79, 81, � 154A.2]

Footnotes

Confirmation, see � 2.32

]]> http://www.idiotlaws.com/board-established-to-regulate-hearing-aids/feed/ 1 Pianist with one arm cannot charge for his performance http://www.idiotlaws.com/pianist-with-one-arm-cannot-charge-for-his-performance/ http://www.idiotlaws.com/pianist-with-one-arm-cannot-charge-for-his-performance/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:01:28 +0000 webmaster http://www.idiotlaws.com/pianist-with-one-arm-cannot-charge-for-his-performance/ If you’re a pianist with only one arm, you can not charge for your performance.  Def Leppard’s drummer only has one arm, I guess this law doesn’t apply to drummers.

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