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Stupid North Dakota Laws

Hat + Dancing = Jail

Keep your hats at home when you plan to visit a bar or club where people dance.  Wearing your hat to any of these establishments will cost you a night in jail.

Filed in: Fargo

Fireworks only allowed during daylight hours

Setting off fireworks is only allowed during 8am and 11pm.  North Carolina must not put on a good firework show on the 4th of July or New Years.

8.20.030 Hours of use.

No person shall set off, explode or detonate any fireworks other than during the hours of eight a.m. and eleven p.m. during the dates listed in this chapter.

(Ord. 829 (part), 1999: Ord. 634 3, 1979)

Filed in: Devils Lake

Shooting Indians on horseback is legal

North Dakota allows you to shoot an Indian on horseback if you’re in a covered wagon.

Filed in: North Dakota

Pretzels cannot be served with beer at the same time

Serving beer and pretzels at the same time could send your waitress to jail.

Filed in: North Dakota

Sleeping with shoes on is illegal

Make sure you take off those Nike’s before you goto sleep.

Filed in: North Dakota