Dumb Washington Laws
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 Washington, it’s illegal to use an x-ray machine to fit shoes.
- In Seattle, Washington, restaurants must remove a half inch layer before they serve moldy cheese.
- In Everett, Washington, it’s illegal to display a hypnotized person in a store window.
- In Washington, it’s illegal to entice a girl away from the Maple Lane School.
- In Bremerton, Washington, it’s illegal for a person in a “nude condition” to be present where booze is sold.
- In Seattle, Washington, a cow’s tail must be clean before it can be milked.
- In Washington, one can’t hold onto a dead body as collateral for a debt.
- In Bremerton, Washington, it’s a crime to throw garbage into someone else’s container.
- In Everett, Washington, it’s against the law to feed the ducks.
- In Washington, the doors of all theaters, opera houses and places of exhibition must swing outward.
- In Everett, Washington, it’s a crime to stand on a chair while watching a peep show.
- In Bremerton, Washington, it’s a crime for an animal to disturbingly bark, howl, bay, squeal, crow, cry, bleat or screech more than 15 minutes in any 1 hour period more than 3 times a week.
- In Washington, a vending machine cannot be attached to a utility pole.
- In Bremerton, Washington, it’s illegal to own a gorilla.
- In Washington, it’s a misdemeanor to sell poison without a license.
- In Bremerton, Washington, it’s a crime to use a throwing star in public.
- In Everett, Washington, it’s a crime to roller skate aboard a bus.
- In Washington, it’s a crime to shoot an Antwerp Messenger Pigeon.
- In Bremerton, Washington, motorists must keep a litter bag in their car at all times.
- In Everett, Washington, it’s a Class A misdemeanor for a carnival to feature “razzle dazzle.”
- In Everett, Washington, it’s illegal to own a non-human primate.
- In Bremerton, Washington, it’s a crime to own more than four chickens.
- In Everett, Washington, billiards tables in a pool parlor must be plainly visible from the sidewalk.
- In Everett, Washington, playing three card monte is deemed theft.
- In Bremerton, Washington, it’s a crime to play music aboard a bus without headphones.
- In Seattle, Washington, possessing an electro-magnetic wave generator is a crime.
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