Stupid North Carolina Laws
Can’t collect your own reward money.
According to this, you cannot collect your own reward money in North Carolina, she robbed a bank and tried to collect her own reward.
No tramps on top of water tanks
You may not climb or tramp on top of city water tanks.
130.05 CLIMBING ON ROOFS AND WATER TANKS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to climb or tramp on any of the roofs of any business houses in the Town without a lawful purpose.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to climb or go on the ladder or any part of any water tank owned by the Town without the permission of the Town Manager or the Chief of Police.
Get arrested for loitering outside a police station
Find a new place to loiter as standing outside a police station after dark is prohibited.
131.03 LOITERING NEAR JAILS AND POLICE STATIONS.
It shall be unlawful for any person, under pretext of exercising his right to be on the public streets, to loiter on or near the premises of any jail or police station of the Town for the purpose of prying therein or holding surreptitious communication with any of the inmates of the jail or police station, or to loiter on or near the premises for any purpose during the hours of darkness.
It’s illegal to rollerbade on state highways
Roller blading on state highways is illegal as you might break the minimum speed limit law.
You must pay propery tax on your dog
Homeowners insurance should cover your dog might anything happen to it.
Look Ma! No Hands = illegal
Riding a bicycle without holding on to both handle bars is illegal.
Certain font sizes illegal
All restaurants in NC with outside dining must post their menus with a font size readable by people sitting outside but not big enough to be read from the street.
Notify City Hall before you enter Forest City
Forest City requires that you call City Hall before entering the town in a car.
Rollerblading in the sun illegal
Rollerblading when the sun is out on public roads is illegal.
Driving on sidewalks prohibited
Driving your car on a sidewalk is strictly prohibited unless a driveway crosses such sidewalk.
Sec. 12-43. Vehicles not to be driven on sidewalks.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon any sidewalk area, except on driveways across such sidewalks.
(Code 1974, � 14-8)
Visiting the dead after midnight prohibited
You are prohibited from visiting the cemetery between the hours of 12:00 to 6:00 am.
Sec. 5-13. Prohibited hours for entry.
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or remain upon the premises of city cemeteries, whether on foot, by means of a vehicle, or otherwise, between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. each and every day, except for law enforcement personnel and other city employees while on official business.
(Code 1974, � 5-11; Ord. of 1-5-89(1))
Joy riding in cemeteries illegal
It is illegal to joy ride through a cemetery.
Sec. 5-8. Use of vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter the city cemeteries with a vehicle, except for the purposes of carrying material to make graves, building monuments, carrying tombstones or other material for ornamental purposes, transporting a dead body for interment, conveying therefrom a dead body exhumed, or other legitimate business related to the city cemeteries.
(Code 1974, 5-11; Ord. of 1-5-89(1))