Note: All cited laws are real and currently in effect, and have been verified for authenticity by practicing attorney Nathan Belofsky, Esq., the world's leading authority on strange laws.

• In the State of Massachusetts, owning an explosive golf ball is a crime.
• In Massachusetts, it’s a crime to make too much noise in a library.
• In Massachusetts, a person taking a test in the place of another can get six months in jail.
• In Massachusetts, a gift certificate must be good for at least seven years.
• In Massachusetts, selling a stink bomb is a crime.
• In Massachusetts, selling arsenic-laced candy earns a $100 fine.
• In Massachusetts, it’s illegal to ride a painted horse during a race.
• In Massachusetts, drivers cannot interrupt funeral processions by cutting into the line.
• In Fitchburg, Massachusetts, it’s a crime to use silly string or smoke bags in public.
• In Nantucket, Massachusetts, the arms of a windmill can only be white or light gray.