Stupid Laws in Montana

It is illegal in Montana to place a sheep in the cab of your truck--unless the animal has a chaperone, and that is only one of several laws in the state deemed stupid by many online.

According to another stupid law in Montana, single women may not go fishing alone under any circumstance, and married women may not go fishing alone on Sundays.

Another stupid Montana law makes it a felony for a woman to open her husband's mail.

You are committing a misdomeanor in the state if you show a movie that depicts felonies in it.

One may not pretend to abuse an animal, if a minor can see the act. According to the text of the law, actual abuse is also outlawed. Abusing or pretending to abuse an animal in the presence of the minor makes a person guilty of also abusing the minor, according to the law.

If seven or more Indians are together, they shall be considered a part of a war or raiding party. It is illegal to shoot at the group.

Many cities in Montana have their own stupid laws.

In Billings, it is illegal to raise pet rats. It is also illegal to sell rats to be used as pets, toys, or novelties, unless they will be used for food for reptiles or birds of prey. Rats may be used for educational or experimental purposes, however.

If you have a pea shooter in Billings, the police may confiscate it.

You may not bring a rocket bomb to city council meetings at Billings.

Another city law states that bands may not leave a stage while they are performing at an event that serves alcohol.

One may not use a phone with a speed dial in the city phone system in Billings.

It is illegal in Excelsior Springs to throw any hard object by hand.

One law in the same city states that squirrels that are worrying will not be tolerated.

It is illegal to throw balls within the city limits of Excelsior Springs.

In Helena, you will be breaking a city law if you use a revolving water sprinkler to harass any passerby on a nearby sidewalk. The text of the law also forbids any person causing water to flow over any sidewalk or street.

In a law that may have included a typographical error in it when it was printed, the game of "folf" may not be played at night in Helena. The text says that nobody may play "folf," or throw a golf disc at night in an area that has not been designed as a "folf" course by the city.

It is illegal in the city to throw anything across the street.

In Kalispell, if you own a billiard hall with pool tables in it, anyone must be able to view the tables from the street.

In Salisbury, it is illegal to throw pop bottles on the ground.

In Whitehall, you will be breaking the law if you drive a vehicle that has ice picks attached to the wheels of your vehicle.

Citations: Dumb laws in Montana, no author listed, Dumblaws.com
Stupid Laws in Montana, no author listed, Bitoffun.com