In this special series on the Stupid Patrol we are bringing you the truly stupid laws that exist in the USA, and around the world.
We hope you knowing these stupid and relatively unknown laws will give you a laugh, keep you informed on the idiocy that can be law, and help keep you out of jail – for being Stupid.
As they say “ignorance of the law is no excuse” and as we say stupidity must be a real good excuse!
Today we discover – Connecticut
- Town records may not be kept where liquor is sold.
Full text of the Law
Chapter 545
Sec. 30-97. Town and probate records not to be kept where liquor is sold.
Town or probate records shall not be kept in any room in which alcoholic liquor is sold, nor in any room from which there is direct access to a room in which such liquor is sold. Any town clerk or judge of probate violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 30-113.
(1949 Rev., S. 4298.)
- You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
- In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
Sheriff: Umm how do they test if a pickle bounces or not? Last time I ever think about eating a pickle in Connecticut!
- It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
Sheriff: so, how many years should I keep this rusty razor blade?
- You cannot buy any alcohol after 9pm or on Sundays after noon on Sunday.
- It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway.
Full text of the Law
General Statutes of Connecticut, Revised to 1997
Title-53 – Crimes
Sec. 53-204. Hunting or discharging firearm from public highway.
Any person who hunts or discharges any firearm from any public highway shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to any law or conservation enforcement officer in the performance of his duty. Enforcement officers of the Department of Environmental Protection are empowered to arrest for the violation of the provisions of this section.
(1955, S. 3290d; 1957, P.A. 344.)
If there are any Stupid – and we mean STUPID laws in your State that we missed, or in your city for our upcoming stupid city laws list, let us know.
