Stupid Laws & Dumb Laws » New Hampshire

Helping the White Mountain National Forest could lead to a $150 fine

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:34:43 +0000

You could face a $150 fine if you try to help the national forest by gathering litter or repairing the benches without a permit.

Getting drunk in a cemetery is illegal

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:15:35 +0000

This law states that it’s illegal to get drunk or use the cemetery for a picnic

No person shall:

(4) Use the cemeteries as picnic grounds, or consume alcoholic beverages in a cemetery, or bring the same upon the premises.

(9) No child under the age of ten (10) years shall be allowed in any cemetery unless accompanied by an adult.

(11) Be within the cemetery at any time other than daylight hours except cemetery employees, police officers, or by authorization of the superintendent.

(Ord. No. 182, ï¿½ 3, 5-10-78)

Don’t look up while relieving yourself on Sundays

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:12:05 +0000

Citizens of New Hampshire cannot look up when they go to the bathroom on Sundays.

Pooper scoopers must be fitted to your cattle before it crosses the street

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:07:34 +0000

Before your cattle can cross the road, they must equipped with some sort of device that collects it’s feces.

Stealing seaweed from the beach is illegal

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:44:14 +0000

Make sure your board shorts or bikini are free of any seaweed before you leave the beach otherwise you might end up in jail for stealing seaweed from Mother Earth.

TITLE XVIII

FISH AND GAME

CHAPTER 207

GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO FISH AND GAME

Collecting Seaweed

Section 207:48

In Night. ï¿½ If any person shall carry away or collect for the purpose of carrying away any seaweed or rockweed from the seashore below high-water mark, between daylight in the evening and daylight in the morning, he shall be guilty of a violation.

Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

Use your real name when checking into a hotel

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:42:03 +0000

Using an assumed name when checking into a hotel is strictly prohibited.

TITLE XXXI

TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 353

HOTELS, TOURIST CABINS, ETC.

Defrauding an Innkeeper

Section 353:10

Evidence. ï¿½ In prosecutions brought under this subdivision, it shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud or of intent to avoid paying an owner of an inn or hotel if service was obtained from, in, or through an inn or hotel, by:

I. A false of fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property; or

II. The use of a false or fictitious name; or

III. The use of any credit card, the privilege to use which has been revoked, canceled, unauthorized, or in any way invalidated by the issue thereof; or

IV. Absconding without paying or offering to pay for the service prior to leaving such establishment unless a written agreement for credit has been executed; or

V. Surreptitiously removing or attempting to remove baggage or other property without having made payment; or

VI. Failing to make payment for any service after the owner, upon probable cause believing that the person has obtained service from, in, or through the inn or hotel with such intent to defraud or avoid payment, demands payment for such service.

Source. 1969, 295:1. RSA 580:9-d. 1973, 532:21, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

Paying off gambling debt with the clothes on your back is illegal

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:32:47 +0000

If you lose in a poker game and don’t have any money, you cannot use the shirt on your back to pay up!

Keeping a beat in a tavern, cafe or restaurant is prohibited

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:30:00 +0000

Tapping your feet or nodding your head to music in a restaurant, tavern or cafe is not allowed.