I looked at 2 different states where I've lived and I've only reconized about... um... one actually. The rest just seem outragous. Are they old laws or what?
2007-03-14 10:22:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Most are just old laws that have never been removed from state codified law, so they are technically still enforceable and a law, but they aren't used any more.
An example is North Dakota's co-habitation law which prohibits non-related people of opposite sex to share a house, townhome, apartment, etc. This law has not been enforced for over eighty years but it is still on the official code, so it is still a law.
2007-03-14 10:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every state has a weird law or two that harkens back to the times of the wild west or further back. At the time, I am sure that the law made sense and was very important for the times. So yes, though outrageous, they are actual laws. Most states have recinded the moldy-oldie ones.
2007-03-14 10:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know those particular sites, but they probably refer to very old (100-200 year old) laws that happen to still be on the books.
Remember that laws vary by state, so just because a crazy law exists in one state (or one county or city) doesn't mean it's everywhere. And certainly doesn't mean it's actually enforced.
2007-03-14 11:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
".com"s aren't nearly as credible as ".gov"s (and ".org"s are in the middle), but I think that many of them are probably true. There's a good chance that not all of them are though.
2007-03-14 10:32:00 · answer #4 · answered by KatieBee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stupid Laws.com
2016-11-12 07:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋