Oh, Those Strange Georgia Laws
It is Illegal to Use Profanity in Front of a Corpse in a Funeral Home; One May Not Carry an Ice Cream Cone in His Back Pocket on Sunday
According to another strange Georgia law, donkeys may not be kept in a bathtub.
Another strange Georgia law does not allow anyone to carry an ice cream cone in his back pocket on Sunday.
If any organization that has been registered as "non-profit" does not register its raffle with the local sheriff's office, members of that group risk spending up to five years in jail and paying a fine of $10,000.
Georgia citizens are forbidden by law from operating a private lottery, although the state operates its own lottery. The law specifically forbids any entity, including a person, corporation, partnership, or firm from any information publicly about any lottery deemed illegal by the state. Violation is a misdomeanor.
A number of cities in Georgia have their own strange laws.
In Atlanta, you must never tie a giraffe to a street lamp or telephone pole, if you want to be a law abiding citizen. It is against the law in the city for one man to be on another's back.
In Acworth, all citizens must own a rake. Reportedly the law was created to poke fun at a nearby town that already had a similar law.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are banned, along with any other product containing peanuts, at Nickajack Elementary School in Cobb County.
In Columbus, the law used to require all Indians to return to the shore of the Chattahoochee River by nightfall, but the law has been repealed. Nobody may cut off the head of a chicken on Sunday. Nobody may carry a chicken by its feet on Broadway on Sunday.
It is illegal to place a a dead bird on the lawn of a neighbor in Conyers.
You must never throw rocks at birds in Dublin. One must obtain a permit before buying poison. One may never play catch on any street in Dublin, It is illegal to drive a car through a playground.
If you eat chicken in Gainesville, you must eat it with your hands.
You will be breaking the law in Jonesboro if you say, "Oh, Boy."
In Marietta, you must never spit from a bus or car. You may, however, spit from a truck.
Cars may not drive on a playground in Quitman. Chickens may not cross a road.
Citations: Dumb Laws in Georgia, no author listed, Dumblaws.com
Stupid Laws from Georgia, no author listed, Bitoffun.com
Published by Mike White
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Where in Georgia law does it state that you cannot carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket? Or when was the law repealed? Thanks!