People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It

Did you ever stop and think that laws are made for people to follow, but most of us haven't actually read them? What is more, there is a whole profession dedicated to explaining laws and in order to become a lawyer, a judge, or a specialist in that field, you have to study it for several years. So it's no wonder that there are laws in our home country law systems that would surprise us.

Maybe Reddit user Krallorddark had a similar thought, because they asked, "What is illegal but most people don't even know it?" In less than 24 hours, the thread got over 50k upvotes and over 20k comments. People shared some really weird laws and some laws that actually make sense, but somehow people don't know about them.

What would you answer to Krallorddark's question? Leave it in the comments and don't forget to upvote the laws shared by people that surprised you the most!

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It In Nevada there's an old law still on the books where a property owner may hang an individual who shoots a dog on their property.

Also you can't take your camel out on state highways.

rowrin , Ronoli Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Tickling someone without their consent is a form of assault. But yeah

tundrabuddies , Erik Przekop Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Yesterday I learned that riding a bike while drunk is just as illegal as drunk driving, just not regularly enforced

berna102 , Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It In my country suicide is considered a felony.

Its to allow first responders more ways to act. Like so a policeofficer can kick down a door or hospitals can force a short period of observation on a sucidal person, never any jailtime involved.

justalittleprickly , 28704869 Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Under a 1940s anti-poaching law, not only is possessing or selling a bald eagle illegal ... possessing any part of a bald eagle, including their feathers, is illegal.

Find a bald eagle feather while hiking? Technically, picking that thing up and sticking it in your pocket means a $250,000 fine.

Edit: As has been pointed out to me repeatedly, if you belong to a native American tribe that is enrolled in a federal program that exempts you from the above.

badass_panda , USFWS Midwest Region Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It In Alaska it's illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they deer hunt.

FestusPowerLoL , U.S. Geological Survey Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Washing oil paint down the sink. It can contaminate drinking water.

graypumpkins , Lia Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Scottish here, it's a legal requirement to let a stranger use your toilet if he or she asks.

So if some random drunk comes to your door at stupid o'clock in the morning choking for a s***e, you better be letting them in

spudllet , Nate Vack Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It One of my friends studied abroad in the UK (from the US) and didn't realize pepper spray is illegal there until a British student told her. Most female students at our university in the US carry it everywhere so it didn't even occur to her it would be illegal. No clue how she got through the airport with it in the first place but luckily she was able to dispose of it without getting in trouble

Basic_Leek_9086 , Tony Webster Report

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sturmwesen 3 years ago

I have been told to declare it is an animal repellent and not for muggers/rapists and you are fine. (Germany)

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Billy The Kid 3 years ago

Nope. That is totally false. If you are caught with PS here in the UK, you are defiantly getting nicked. One of my aunts was a night time cab driver and she used to have a can of hairspray under her seat incase of attacks. She got arrested and fined for that!

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Channon Doughty 3 years ago

That is utterly absurd. What ARE people allowed to carry to ward off attackers?

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sturmwesen 3 years ago

For hairspray? In Germany you can carry it:"Tierabwehrspray fällt nicht unter Waffengesetz Pfefferspray hingegen dürfen Sie unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen einfach kaufen und mit sich führen. Denn Pfefferspray fällt tatsächlich nicht unter das Waffengesetz. " sry but the English sources take longer for me to find. Essentially it means animal repellent does not factor into weapon restrictions.

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Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

What animals are there in Britain that you need to repel? A bunny rabbit?, errmm frog? May work as a midge repellant, they hate me then pesky little things

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Sonia Reddel 3 years ago

It is illegal as an animal repellent too. I have a Citronella spray to ward off dog attacks (got it after a dog attack). The strong smell supposedly puts dogs off.

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Vulf Byte 3 years ago

Implying muggers and rapists are not animals.

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TheartfulDutchGinger 3 years ago (edited)

I read that too somewhere. In Germany, you can only use it to defend yourself,when an animal attacks you.

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Mickie Shea 3 years ago

German's are very interesting.

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Anita Pickle 3 years ago (edited)

That is really sad. Sounds like several countries do not allow you to protect yourself. That is really scary.

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Dave P 3 years ago

Why take away a womans ability to defend herself from her attacker?

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JennyLaRue 3 years ago

I've never felt the need to carry something to defend myself in the UK, not more than a rape alarm anyway.

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RoseTheMad 3 years ago

If anyone in the UK needs an alternative to pepper spray, try Eveaid, totally legal here.

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Hermione Granger 3 years ago

And hairspray! Apparently hurts like hell if you get it in your eyes.

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

It is considered illegal in many countries and actually there was a case in my country where a girl used pepper spray against a pervert at the street and he took her to court!!! Yes she lost!😡😡😡😡😡

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Anita Pickle 3 years ago

That is so sad. I never understood laws that protect criminals and punish victims.

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Leigh C. 3 years ago

It's illegal in Canada, and bear spray, too. Lots of bear spray attacks on people.

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Helmut Kok 3 years ago

Was allowed and banned 2 years later in Denmark . The reason turns out it pretty smart to spray it in the eyes of the one you are robbing

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Jaime 3 years ago

Oh. Yeah that makes sense.

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MC_MacLean 3 years ago

In the UK, pepper spray is technically dealt with as possession firearm due to the mechanism in it - so you can very much get arrested and get into a lot of trouble.

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Requiem 3 years ago

In Canada its Bear spray and can only be used on animals. admitting you're using it on other humans is assault. All law enforcement has to be blasted by it during training and still expected to deal with a simulated attack while in pain and partially blinded. Regular people dont get to experience it, Bear spray is worse than what the police use because its made for wild large animals.

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James Arvidson 3 years ago

If I remember right. Regular pepper spray for protection is like 5% capsicum. Bear spray is like 20%. Either would be unpleasant.

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Mark Fuller 3 years ago

Yeah, defending yourself in the UK is kinda frowned upon. Assault a burglar or rapist breaking into your home and you're as likely to get convicted as they are, especially if your actions are "unprovoked" e.g. you snuck up behind them. So the fact that they broke into your home in the middle of the night apparently isn't much of a mitigation. How's that for justice?!

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Anita Pickle 3 years ago

That is so sad. Sounds like criminals kind of have a free for all, and victims are damned if they do damned if they don't when it comes to protection.

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Vicky Stardust 3 years ago

Also illegal in Hungary, considered an item highly hazardous to public security. But if your spray's volume is not more than 20g and does not contain capsaicin, you won't get fined if the police finds out you are carrying one. You just have to get rid of it anyway.

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Martz Migraña 3 years ago

In Mexico it's also ilegal, but many law enforcers overlook it (mostly when carried by young females) due to the overwhelming rate of violent crimes in the country.

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Billy The Kid 3 years ago (edited)

Lucky for her she disposed of it! She probably got away with at the airport by spraying it in their faces - LOL

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Tanya MacLeod 3 years ago

In Canada too.

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Amanda Hunter 3 years ago

Yeah the British prefer knives.- well, the immigrants there do.

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TheartfulDutchGinger 3 years ago (edited)

In the Netherlands its illegal to have pepperspray or anything else that can be used as a weapon. I even heard about an elderly lady who had gotten a breadknife from her local Baker. As a gift. She put it in her glove department and drove home. Then she got pulled over by the police for driving too fast. They found the knife and she was arrested. You probably can buy pepperspray, but when you use it, you can get a large fine. Depending on how much damage the other person has. There is however something called Defense spray. When you spray that on someone, the person will have red paint on his/her face that can't be washed off.

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Shirley D Harnish 3 years ago

Wow.

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Cydney Golden 3 years ago

My dad always made sure I had pepper spray. He said if I'm in danger and have to spray someone we'd deal with that and not to worry.

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Marty BlackEagle-Carl 3 years ago

use bear repellent

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Roberto Durante 3 years ago (edited)

tell the police, they love to use it on weak or pacifist people specially in Europe

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Pantea 3 years ago

I used to live in Czech Republic and because I was often on my own and didn't always feel safe late at night in Prague, I bought a pepper spray. I did so in a regular weapon shop so I assumed it was perfectly legal there. One day I flew to London to visit a feiend and on the flight back I discovered that I had forgotten the spray in my purse. Accidentally, I took it through security controlls at the airport not once, but twice. I didn't know what to do. Then again, since it was unlikely to be caught NOW, I shrugged and enjoyed another drink (thank you, British Airways, for being so civilised - Those fools at Lufthansa don't serve alcohol on flights). Now you know for sure: they give you headache over a bottle of water or perfume at the security check, but don't find an actual weapon that you even didn't try to hide 🙄

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Haunting Spirit 3 years ago

If it is needed to carry it all the time with you then there is really something wrong with your country. Here in my country no one carries it.

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Les Izmore 3 years ago

Where I live you can carry bear spray but if you use it on a person that is assult with a weapon

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Mazer 3 years ago

There are a lot of sprays you can use other than pepper spray or mace to keep somebody away from you. Just don’t use ones containing caustic chemicals or you can be charged with assault to commit bodily harm

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Kiki 3 years ago

It's illegal in France too so my aunt (lawyer) told me to take a deodorant spray instead!

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Robert T 3 years ago

As are tasers.

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I was shocked to find the US allows pepper spray in all 50 states. Live and learn every day.

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Walking down the street with an ice cream cone in your back pocket in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Apparently, there was a law that if a horse was on your property, you could claim it as your own. In comes the ice cream cone as a lure for the horse as you lead them to your property.....

twoshoesframpton , Aasim Ahmed Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Also, no joke, it is illegal to kill to Bigfoot, if spotted, in America

wuau_zhang , Bob Doran Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Insulting the king of Thailand

that_one_guy714 , The Public Relations Department Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It In a few states in the US there are laws on the books barring atheists from holding public office.

Granted these fit into the "exist but don't really get enforced" category, but they exist nonetheless.

TehAsianator , Gloria Manna Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Just because you have your turn signals on dosen't mean that the you have the right to merge. If the lane isn't clear you are the one breaking the law.

goju8019 , dennis crowley Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Driving consistently slower than the speed limit, without legitimate reason to do so (like road conditions or a vehicle problem). In fact, in some states, it is more points on your license than speeding.

dodexahedron , zolakoma Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Stepping into a public fountain. Yes, Joey, Chandler, Ross, Pheobe, Rachel and Monica, I’m talking to you. Guess I’ll be there for you … in jail.

eve_naive , NH53 Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It In Florida its illegal to tie an alligator to a parking meter unless you pay for parking

Edit- Apparently it was passed for elephants because of discrimination against circus workers according to u/Carrotcake1988 and u/DaveTheNotecard

JrBeelzebub , Storyful Rights Management Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It In the US giving any federal employee, especially postal workers, any gift in an amount over $20 each and no greater than $50 in a year. I believe the government wanted to try to ban any gifts, but people were so attached to their postal workers and wanted to give them something so they did relent, with those strict guidelines above.

llcucf80 , George Redgrave Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It License plate covers. I saw one yesterday that was tinted and you literally couldn’t read the plate even in broad daylight. But even clear ones are illegal (in Ohio anyway)

spider-borg , abc7 News Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It It’s illegal to die in the House of Parliament

_____wanker_____ , Michael D Beckwith Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It The Salmon Act 1986 is an act of Parliament which outlines the difference between legal and illegal salmon fishery, among other things. The Act also makes it illegal to "handle salmon in suspicious circumstances"

Kusteron3 , Peber the Swede Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Carrying a permanent marker or other permanent-staining stationary is illegal in many countries under graffiti laws.

DoAFlip22 , Ben Chun Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Apparently hunting whales with a harpoon from your airplane in arkansas (this is legit)

AKSchmitler , Navin75 Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It The failure to spend 2 hours a week practicing with a longbow.

This law was setup in the middle ages and it required ever male over the age of 14 to practice with a longbow every week.

The laws still in place but has been massively overlooked and forgotten.

WildWolfman378 , Hans Splinter Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Profiting from the photographs of Eiffel Tower taken at night.

your-playboy , Pedro Szekely Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It In my home state of Tennessee, it's illegal to use a lasso to catch fish.

TwiceInEveryMoment , M&R Glasgow Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Happy hours are illegal in Massachusetts

personofinterest18 , Steven Miller Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It You can give a friend or family member a lift for free, but if they have paid you, even fuel costs, then you are now an unlicensed taxi.

reditm8 , Alper Çuğun Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Importing Kinder Surprise eggs to the US from your trip abroad. You won't go to jail, but if you are unlucky and the customs agent is not very lenient you can face a fine for every egg you tried to smuggle in.

According to some sources the fine per egg could go up to $2500, but I couldn't find a case where someone was actually fined that much. The most I could find in my 5 minute research was a Canadian woman who got fined $300 (Canadian) for trying to bring in one egg. I guess in most cases the customs agents will just confiscate the eggs and give you a warning.

TheBassMeister , Derek Key Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It having stuff hanging from your rear view mirror.

shuttermayfire , Tony Alter Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It There is a long list of over the counter medication you can legally purchase, but cannot take it into another country.

cisco54 , Free photo on UkrMedia Report

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In my state (CT) it's illegal to sell pickles that don't bounce.

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Changing your own light bulbs; in Australia, the law says you must hire a licensed electrician to do it.

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It You have to know how to play an accordion in North Korea to be able to teach.

Deadshot37 , Michael Neel Report

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Chico, CA, it's a $500 fine to make or have a nuclear weapon within city limits

"No person shall produce, test, maintain, or store within the city a nuclear weapon, component of a nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon delivery system, or component of a nuclear weapon delivery system under penalty of Chapter 9.60.030 of the Chico Municipal Code."

breals Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Lemonade stands

personofinterest18 , amy gizienski Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It In Texas, there is still a law on the books that it is a crime to carry bolt cutters around. It is a leftover from the days of cattle rustlers, when the bad guys would use bolt cutters to take down barbed wire fencing. Pretty sure it hasn't been prosecuted in a hundred years.

ComicLawyer , Lenore Edman Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It You can go to Lowes and buy weed-killer off the shelf and use it on your property. You can use it on your parent's property. If you use it on your neighbor's property and he gives you $20, that's a felony.

Edit: Treating according to label instructions for friends and family without compensation does not qualify as a business activity most places. If you do this and receive compensation, then you're conducting business and under the law you should have a commercial applicator's licence. This is mostly an example of a badly- written law that is too open- ended. I don't know anyone who has got in any real legal trouble over an unlicensed jug of roundup, but they could.

I3uckethead , Mike Mozart Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It Having a lobster of a certain size in your possession.

carlesswhifperer , Rex Sorgatz Report

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People In This Online Group Shared 40 Things That Are Illegal But Most People Don’t Even Know It California Law stating that it is illegal to wash your neighbor’s car without their permission.

Also, in San Francisco and Long Beach here you cannot store anything other than an automobile in your garage.

Edit: This is no longer a law/ordinance in Long Beach anymore.

The SF one is for commercial structures only, but at one point it definitely was illegal to use your garage as anything other than a parking spot for your car. People could do stuff like rent out their garage, tax free.

OzonePass , SYA Extreme Report

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Aunt Messy 3 years ago

In Canada, there is a federal law on the books that requires all post offices to have a hitching post out front. Yes. I have seen many post offices (mostly rural) who DO comply with the law.

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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

In some very rural areas, that hitching post just might get a fair bit of use.

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iblowsheep 3 years ago

This is what happens when someone says there ought to be a law.

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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

There are countless old and outdated laws that aren’t enforced, but just haven’t been taken off the books yet. Some of them make no sense today, yet others that didn’t make sense for decades suddenly do again in the right circumstances. We used to laugh at laws against spitting in public places. But those laws were put in place to protect people from communicable diseases that could be passed through that spittle. Though originally pertaining to diseases like tuberculosis, certain people’s more recent reactions to COVID restrictions have made those old anti-spitting laws make sense again. Unfortunately.

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

I wish all of them said where it happens, not only "here".

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Iggy 3 years ago

It'd be nice to know where a lot of these laws are in place.

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Seán Baron 3 years ago

In the UK, it is legal for a pregnant woman to use a Police Constable's helmet to have a wee in.

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Wonderful 3 years ago

I wonder how many times it was actually done.

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TheReader19 3 years ago

Well I had a good laugh away

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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago (edited)

In Austria, using your actual, legal, legitimate title of nobility or your real surname with its noble particle (de, von, zu, di...) is a crime. They even ticketed their own emperor for using his real surname : von Habsburg-Lothringen.

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Wonderful 3 years ago

How strange. Do you know why?

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TheartfulDutchGinger 3 years ago (edited)

Under Dutch law.. If a burglar comes into your house, don't lock him up in your toilet. because then you rob him of his freedom. Natural areas may not be visited at sunrise and sunset . your in-laws will always remain your in-laws. even if you are separated from your partner. We need to pay taxes to have a dog. The more dogs, the more taxes. In the city of Rotterdam, its illegal when your dog barks. You can get fined 130 euros. In another city its illegal to look through/into someone else's window. So when you pass a house there, just look straight ahead of you.

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Liz Strevens 3 years ago

In the UK London taxis must carry a bale of hay for the horse.

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Alishia James 3 years ago

And a bucket and shovel to scoop up their poop

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Sky Render 3 years ago

And yet another "weird law" article comes without mentioning Oregon's drip-dry dish law. It's as dumb as it sounds: there's a law on the books that says that you cannot wipe down dishes after washing, they have to be allowed to drip-dry. Nobody follows it.

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Kimberly Miller 3 years ago

In Virginia, it is a felony to sell deer antlers, even if they are just sheds off the ground. My former husband was arrested for this, and even the judge had never heard of such a law.

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Crochet lady 3 years ago

We lived in a small town in Ohio where my son found out it was illegal to walk your cow down the middle of the road. And no, he didn't find out by breaking the law, he found out when doing a middle school class assignment. He found it quite amusing at the time.

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

England has a ton of bizarre and arcane laws that make no sense, like the one where you can buy canned peas on a Sunday, but it's illegal to buy frozen ones. Obviously none of these kinds of laws are prosecuted, but they've never been removed from the books.

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Rae Reyn 3 years ago

In Michigan, a man legally owns his wife's hair.

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Billy The Kid 3 years ago

WOW! So if they divorce does he still get to keep it?

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Dre Mosley 3 years ago

It's illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey and some parts of Oregon.

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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

In California you cannot buy anything larger than a 1 quart container of oil-based paints. You can buy 1,000 gallons in 4,000 cans but that's the only way.

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ivy 3 years ago

In Switzerland, you’re not allowed to own just one guinea pig or parrot. The reason for this is that they’re social species, and they are considered victims of abuse if they aren’t able to regularly interact with others of their species.

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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago (edited)

Real, enforceable laws: (1) In New Jersey and I think Oregon (at least until recently) it's illegal to put gas in your own car. You have to have a station employee do it for you. (2) A lot of people though Rep. Ocasio-Cortez was an idiot for being unfamiliar with a trash disposal unity, but they're illegal in New York where she's from. (3) I found out the hard way that whereas in New York, you must swap license plates when you swap cars, in Virginia it's a misdemeanor to do so. I got out of jail time by demonstrating that the law required mens rea, the will to violate the law. The purpose of the law is to prevent OTHER crimes, so the fact that I could PROVE that it wasn't in furtherance of a crime made the law unenforceable. (4) Sorry for repeating myself, but you'd better be able to PROVE you're carrying a flashlight or a wrench for a legitimate reason in many states where it is illegal to carry "the tools of a trade" that is criminal.

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Mommyofboth 3 years ago

WV has a law that it's legal to beat your wife so long as it is done in public on Sunday, on the courthouse steps.

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Wonderful 3 years ago

“Hey honey let’s go to WV on Sunday”. Wait. I’m the female… I didn’t think this through… 🙀

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Emma London 3 years ago

In Finland it's illegal to mail order certain vitamins, you can even get a a fine for smuggling illegal substances for ordering the 5,000 IU Vitamin D capsules. Also bringing over 80% vodka in the country is illegal, but that's understandable as alcohol in that strength is basically poison.

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Aliquid A 3 years ago

It annoys me how many people posted things and didn't say WHERE it was illegal. Do they assume their local law applies to the whole planet?

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Jim Ellington 3 years ago

Cannabis, a weed that grows in all 50 states, is illegal on a fedral level in the United States.

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Jim Ellington 3 years ago

And Ms. Dominauskaitė is not a bad-looking woman,

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Carol Emory 3 years ago

In Montana, it's illegal to leave a sheep in the cab of a running vehicle. In Cle Elum, WA (where they filmed Northern Exposure) it's illegal to ride an ugly horse in town. As I said before, it's illegal in Alaska to feed alcoholic drinks to a moose or to push a moose out of an airplane. Oh..and you can't wrestle bears in Missouri.

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Aunt Messy 3 years ago

In Canada, there is a federal law on the books that requires all post offices to have a hitching post out front. Yes. I have seen many post offices (mostly rural) who DO comply with the law.

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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

In some very rural areas, that hitching post just might get a fair bit of use.

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iblowsheep 3 years ago

This is what happens when someone says there ought to be a law.

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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

I wish all of them said where it happens, not only "here".

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Iggy 3 years ago

It'd be nice to know where a lot of these laws are in place.

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Seán Baron 3 years ago

In the UK, it is legal for a pregnant woman to use a Police Constable's helmet to have a wee in.

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Wonderful 3 years ago

I wonder how many times it was actually done.

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TheReader19 3 years ago

Well I had a good laugh away

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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago (edited)

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Wonderful 3 years ago

How strange. Do you know why?

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TheartfulDutchGinger 3 years ago (edited)

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Liz Strevens 3 years ago

In the UK London taxis must carry a bale of hay for the horse.

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Alishia James 3 years ago

And a bucket and shovel to scoop up their poop

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Sky Render 3 years ago

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Kimberly Miller 3 years ago

In Virginia, it is a felony to sell deer antlers, even if they are just sheds off the ground. My former husband was arrested for this, and even the judge had never heard of such a law.

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Crochet lady 3 years ago

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

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Rae Reyn 3 years ago

In Michigan, a man legally owns his wife's hair.

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Billy The Kid 3 years ago

WOW! So if they divorce does he still get to keep it?

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Dre Mosley 3 years ago

It's illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey and some parts of Oregon.

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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

In California you cannot buy anything larger than a 1 quart container of oil-based paints. You can buy 1,000 gallons in 4,000 cans but that's the only way.

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ivy 3 years ago

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Mommyofboth 3 years ago

WV has a law that it's legal to beat your wife so long as it is done in public on Sunday, on the courthouse steps.

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Wonderful 3 years ago

“Hey honey let’s go to WV on Sunday”. Wait. I’m the female… I didn’t think this through… 🙀

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Emma London 3 years ago

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Aliquid A 3 years ago

It annoys me how many people posted things and didn't say WHERE it was illegal. Do they assume their local law applies to the whole planet?

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Jim Ellington 3 years ago

Cannabis, a weed that grows in all 50 states, is illegal on a fedral level in the United States.

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Jim Ellington 3 years ago

And Ms. Dominauskaitė is not a bad-looking woman,

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Carol Emory 3 years ago

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