50 Most Absurd State Laws

There’s some really strange stuff, both enforceable and unenforceable, that’s been codified into law. Have we considered that justice may be near-sighted?

California: Don't you dare give someone a massage therapist's license if they have not earned that massage therapist's license.

California: Don't you dare give someone a massage therapist's license if they have not earned that massage therapist's license.

628. A person who provides a certificate, [...] or otherwise affirms that a person has received instruction in massage therapy knowing that the person has not received instruction in massage therapy [...] is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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Nebraska: No one's gonna put a ring on your diseased ass.

Nebraska: No one's gonna put a ring on your diseased ass.

42-102. Minimum age; affliction with venereal disease, disqualification.

[...] No person who is afflicted with a venereal disease shall marry in this state.

Via: lukedockery.blogspot.com

South Carolina: Decision-maker in a church? Then I hope it has never even crossed your mind to spend money set aside for the cemetery on anything other than that cemetery.

South Carolina: Decision-maker in a church? Then I hope it has never even crossed your mind to spend money set aside for the cemetery on anything other than that cemetery.

SECTION 16-13-460. Church to separate and use money only for cemetery maintenance when so designated; penalties.

Any church which receives money specifically designated for the maintenance of a cemetery on its property shall account for the money separately, and it may be used only for the maintenance of the cemetery. Any person [...] who knowingly approves or permits the use of the fund for any other purpose is guilty of a misdemeanor [...]

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New York: If you're the mayor of a New York village, do not even think about removing remains from an abandoned cemetery unless you're moving them to a different cemetery in the same county.

New York: If you're the mayor of a New York village, do not even think about removing remains from an abandoned cemetery unless you're moving them to a different cemetery in the same county.

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