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Here are some CRAZY Laws in California…take a peek & get a laugh for the day. Some of them are funny and others I would love to see someone actually enforce…such as the Christmas lights…and pretty smart of San Francisco, don’t you think!
- A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.
- Alhambra: You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.
- Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
- A regulation in San Francisco makes it unlawful to use used underwear to wipe off cars in a car wash.
- Baldwin Park: Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
- Bath houses are against the law.
- Blythe: You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.
- Burlingame: It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds;
- Carmel: Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor); Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.
- Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
- In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
- In California it is illegal to have caller ID
- In California it’s against regulations to let phones ring more than nine times in state offices.
- In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can’t be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife’s consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated.
- In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
- In Riverside, California, kissing on the lips, unless both parties wipe their lips with carbonized rose water, is against the local health ordinance. (Someone needed to be kissed!)
- In San Francisco it’s illegal to play poker in public or gamble in a barricaded room.
- In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
- It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
- It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
- It is illegal to eat an orange in your bath tub
- It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
- Lodi: It is illegal to own or sell “Silly String”.
- Lompoc: It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters. This is considered disturbing the peace.
- Long Beach: Cars are the only item allowed in a garage; It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
- Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
- No alcohol beverages can be displayed within five feet of a cash register of any store in California that sells both alcohol and motor fuel.
- No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
- Prunedale: Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house.
- Riverside: One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o’clock.
- San Diego: It is illegal to shoot jack rabbits from the back of a streetcar; The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.
- San Francisco bans any “mechanical device that reproduces obscene language.”
- San Jose: It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord. 7.08.595
- Santa Monica: You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
- Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
- The city of San Francisco holds a copyright on the name “San Francisco.” It is illegal to manufacture any item with the name without first getting permission from the city. Since the Supreme Court upheld the copyright, San Francisco has had an annual $300 million surplus every year.
Take a peek at some crazy laws in other states.
the no caller id does that mean cell phones as well?
Hoax after hoax…
If these were true, then we would have references (as in numbers of laws and dates) to the real law system (federal, state level etc.), wouldn’t we?… So we could actually cross check them, I mean… so we could confirm they were real, not hoax
I suspect you are right however, it does make one wonder!
Adam,
Many of us have caller ID so that law appears to be obsolete. They just need to get it off the books.
You wouldn’t happen to know an ordinance number on that Riverside piece? If there’s any truth to that one…please pass on any info you have.
Lidia in Riverside
Lidia,
No I don’t. Just saw an article last year listing several crazy laws that are still on the books and thought I’d share them with everyone…crazy, hugh?
I’ve been involved in taxes for longer then I care to admit, both on the individualized side (all my working life-time!!) and from a legal stand since satisfying the bar and following tax law. I’ve offered a lot of advice and redressed a lot of wrongs, and I must say that what you’ve posted makes impeccable sense. Please carry on the good work – the more individuals know the better they’ll be equipped to cope with the tax man, and that’s what it’s all about.
Thank you. I hope it helps the home buyers to understand but it’s always a good idea to ask the expert when it comes to taxes.
The information presented is top notch. I’ve been doing some research on the topic and this post answered several questions.
Why is it illegal to eat an orange in your bathtub?
Pretty funny, hugh?
You cannot copyright ‘San Francisco.’
You might be able to trademark it, though.
It’s illegal to cry on the witness in California ? ?? ????
WHAT THE F%$@!
THAT’S STUPID !
wow these are the stupidest laws ever ileegal to eat an orange in a bath tub REALLY you can do better than that c’mon!!!!
I didn’t make it up…I know it’s hard to believe!
did you know in pa your not aloud to lock the door in public restrooms?
Crazy!
This website has some funny “MADE UP LAWS”, Come on insdead of doing something positive with downtime this website makes up bullshit HOPING to entertain people. If these laws do actually exist where are the P.C’s. (Penal Codes)! Post a negative reply like mine so they hopefully go through the real law books.
Ouch…it is suppose to be a bit of humor. Sorry you didn’t like it.
Thanks you men. Very good post…
I happen to live in California. I don’t see one of these that is completely true.
Get your facts straight!
I do too but they seem to be on the books. I didn’t make them up. That’s why I called them “Crazy.”
wow fail XD thats so sad you can’t cry on a witness stand WTF XD and i need to be arrested for doing some of these things XD
yo know in kansas its illegeal to catch with your bare hands?? XD
Amazing!
I loved the article!
From Wikipedia:
Though often erroneously thought of as an urban myth, the municipal code bans the wearing of shoes having heels greater than 2 inches in height or with a base of less than 1 square inch unless the wearer has obtained a permit for them. This seemingly peculiar law was authored by the city attorney in the 1920s to defend the city from lawsuits resulting from wearers of high-heeled shoes tripping over irregular pavement (caused by tree roots pushing up). Permits are available without charge at City Hall. While the local police do not cite those in violation of the ordinance, a person wishing to sue for damages from tripping while wearing such shoes is precluded from doing so unless a permit had previously been obtained.[26]
Another unusual law, forbidding selling and eating ice cream on public streets, was a focal point of Clint Eastwood’s campaign for mayor. He, and the new council elected along with him, overturned the ordinance and other similar laws that they considered to be too restrictive of businesses.[27]
Jennifer, so glad you liked this and thanks for the update with more… .)
I have a similar blog for canadian laws!
A little bit from it
“City Laws
· If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.
British Columbia Provincial Laws
· It is illegal to kill a sasquatch.
New Brunswick Provincial Laws
· Driving on the roads is not allowed.
Nova Scotia Provincial Laws
· When raining, a person may not water his/her lawn.
Hope you enjoy!
Josh
Aren’t they all just “CRAZY?”
hahahaha funny shit!
I also happen to live in CA and every single one of these laws is for real I have looked them up I live in Alhambra I have lived in Riverside and during the course of my college years whenever the subject of laws came up several people would mention one of these crazy laws and I would proceed in verifying it or not, just because the author of this article didn’t include p.c.’s doesn’t mean that each and every one of these is not currently on the books, for example in Redlands, CA you cannot play a brass instrument outside because it scares the horses, there haven’t been horses in Redlands since the 1930′s
HOW DO U MOLEST A BUTTERFLY!!!!! and how is it even possible to herd 2000 sheep down hollywood blvd??? lol these arent even real are they?
I wonder how anybody would even find out if you ate an orange in the bathtub.
What a dumb law!
AGREED! Happy New Year!
Well I have caller ID do I guess I’m a criminal.
Funny, isn’t it…hard to believe these were laws
Andrea,
You are right, you can’t wear cowboy boots in Blythe unless you own at least 2 cows. Here’s the website Hope you won something fun!