Stupid Laws & Dumb Laws » North Carolina

Can’t collect your own reward money.

webmaster — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:27:16 +0000

According to this, you cannot collect your own reward money in North Carolina, she robbed a bank and tried to collect her own reward.

Â Woman tries to collect own reward money.

No tramps on top of water tanks

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:46:02 +0000

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

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:43:58 +0000

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

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:39:58 +0000

Roller blading on state highways is illegal as you might break the minimum speed limit law.

You must pay propery tax on your dog

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:38:24 +0000

Homeowners insurance should cover your dog might anything happen to it.

Look Ma! No Hands = illegal

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:36:55 +0000

Riding a bicycle without holding on to both handle bars is illegal.

Certain font sizes illegal

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:20:18 +0000

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

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:17:09 +0000

Forest City requires that you call City Hall before entering the town in a car.

Rollerblading in the sun illegal

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:14:51 +0000

Rollerblading when the sun is out on public roads is illegal.

Driving on sidewalks prohibited

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:13:14 +0000

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, ï¿½ 14-8)

Visiting the dead after midnight prohibited

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:07:26 +0000

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, ï¿½ 5-11; Ord. of 1-5-89(1))

Joy riding in cemeteries illegal

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:03:51 +0000

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))

Daisy Dukes illegal

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:02:46 +0000

Women are required to wear cloths that total to 16 yards.Â Wearing daisy dukes would definitely send you to jail!

Urinating and defecating in public = misdemeanor

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:58:30 +0000

For anyone with urinating and defecating problems, this might be a law they’d have to break every now and then.

Cat vs. Dogs prohibited

webmaster — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:46:07 +0000

If your cat has some beef with the neighborhood dog, she must not take matters into her own paws, instead, she need to take the dog to court as fighting is prohibited.