Missouri Dumb Laws
• It is illegal to have oral sex.
• Single men between the ages of twenty-one and fifty must pay an annual tax of one dollar (enacted 1820).
• It is not illegal to speed.
Missouri Dumb City Laws:
Buckner:
• In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday.
Columbia:
• You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can have a 25′ satellite dish.
• Though clotheslines are banned, clothes may be draped over a fence.
• One may not drink in a bar between 2:00 and 6:00 AM.
Kansas City:
• Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely.
• Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws is prohibited.
Marceline:
• Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
Marquette:
• It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the same dwelling (The Brothel Law).
Mole:
• Frightening a baby is in violation of the law.
Natchez:
• It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants.
Purdy:
• Dancing is strictly prohibited.
St. Louis:
• It’s illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.
• A milkman may not run while on duty.
University City:
• Four women may not rent an apartment together.
• No person may own a PVC pipe.
• No person may have a “yard sale” in their front yard.
• Houses may not have lights on them that shine into the window of a neighbor’s house.
• It is illegal to request for someone to “watch over” your parked car.
• One may not honk another’s horn.
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