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Dumb Laws in Missouri

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.

City Laws in Missouri

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.
Perryville
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 milk man 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.


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