Michigan Crazy Laws
By jennifer611
@jennifer611 (2514)
United States
January 4, 2007 11:25am CST
Michigan Crazy Laws
You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.
It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
There is a 10 cent bounty for each rat's head brought into a town office.
Clawson
There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
Detroit
Alligators may not be tied to fire hydrants.
It is illegal to let your pig run free in Detroit unless it has a ring in its nose. According to history and animal husbandry, it prevents them from "rooting" in the ground for their food.
Willfully destroying your old radio is prohibited.
It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday.
Grand Haven
No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense.
Harper Woods
It is illegal to paint sparrows to sell them as parakeets.
Kalamazoo
It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend.
Rochester
All bathing suits must have been inspected by the head of police.
Soo
Smoking while in bed is illegal.
Wayland
Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day.
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47 responses
@jennifer611 (2514)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I'm from Michigan too..28 yrs..
I've never heard it either but it is just too funny some of the laws these states have..
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
5 Jan 07
They probably were on the books along time ago may toward the latter part of the last century or earlier.beings one of them delt with hoop skirts. It's true about the pigs with the ring in it's nose. The nose is tender. There are silly laws on the books in every state. and at the time they were out on the books made perfect scense
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@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
5 Jan 07
My favorite one is the sparrows mascarading as parakeets. Who knew there was such a big demand for parakeets?
@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I have lived in Michigan all my life. I have heard of some of these laws. But most of them are so outdated they don't make any sense or are never enforced. Then again, some of the newer laws are just as confounding. But what would government be if they didn't try to control our lives in every respect. Oh, that reminds me, my cow is double parked outside...bye.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
4 Jan 07
I agree about painting sparrows. I wouldn't pay 3 cents to graze my cow in Wayland Main Street, though. Too many of these danged horseless buggies about these days.
Knew a Clawson man once, said it got so durned cold there he HAD to sleep with his livestock. Brought 'em all inta the house.
Well now, I hear that ALL the hoop skirts in Grand Haven got abandoned - along with the ladies wearin' 'em and if you had heard the singers in Kalamazoo, you would agree with that law!
[Wanders off singing 'I wanna go back, I wanna go back ...']
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@soldenski (2503)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I love these crazy law's. When my husband tell's me we should move to Michigan, I will point out these law's to him. I would say to your post "And they say Californian's are crazy" but we probably have that are just as crazy.lol.
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@sylviekitty (2083)
• United States
4 Jan 07
You think every now and then, some new congressmen/lawmakers would come along and review these idiotic laws and change or abolish them. I'm not sure which of these is the most stupid!! I'm sure most of these laws (well, swearing, hair cuts, scowling, etc.. are broken on a daily basis. and WTF is up with bathing suits inspected by the head of police?! LMAO!!)
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@wavelander (1526)
• Portugal
5 Jan 07
You must be joking! I'm still laughing of some laws you wrote there!
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
5 Jan 07
they still exist somewere in city hall old books.
"It is illegal in Michigan to hitch a crocodile to a fire hydrant."
"Bicycles may not be ridden without "appropriate fashion accessories" anywhere in Santa Clara County "(de facto law).
"If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle."
@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
5 Jan 07
I would not be surprised if they are real, just really old laws that have never been taken off the books. You see this sort of thing in a lot of states.
@eternalskyes (273)
• United States
4 Jan 07
Ive read these for my state before. They are insane and they are real laws, but half of them arent enforced as much anymore. They have them all on a website
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@wmaharper (2316)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I think the one about suing the houseowner because of injury during a robbery is fairly recent (last 10 years or so) if I recall correctly when I lived there, there was a case about that, and they made a law against not too much later.
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@staceystew (472)
• United States
5 Jan 07
Are these really true, these are crazy they make me laugh, I am sure oklahoma has some funny ones too, I am gong to look them up
