• If an organization non registered as "non-profit" fails to register their raffle with the local sheriff, that group risks paying up to $10,000 in fines and spending five years in jail.

• While Georgia operates its own lottery, it "protects" its citizens by making it illegal to promote a private lottery.

• The term "sadomasochistic abuse" is defined so broadly, that it could possibly be applied to a person handcuffing another in a clown suit.

• All sex toys are banned.

• It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.

• Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.

• Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.

• Signs are required to be written in English.

• No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.

• In Acworth - All citizens must own a rake.

• In Athens-Clarke County - Adult bookstores may not sell alcohol.

• In Athens-Clarke County - If you want to read your favorite book in public to your friends, do it before 2:45 AM.

• In Athens-Clarke County - Massage businesses may not sell alcohol on the side.

• In Athens-Clarke County - Selling two beers at once for the same price is not allowed.

• In Athens-Clarke County - Though being forced to close your business is bad enough, Athens-Clarke County forces one to obtain a license before holding a Going-Out-Of-Business sale.

• In Athens-Clarke County - Goldfish may not be given away to entice someone to enter a game of bingo.

• In Athens-Clarke County - Owners of mules may not allow their animal to roam around Athens unsupervised.

• In Athens-Clarke County - Persons under the age of 16 may not play pinball after 11:00 PM.

• In Athens-Clarke County - It is illegal for one to make a disturbing sound at a fair.

• In Athens-Clarke County - On Mondays, it is illegal for one to whistle very loud after 11:00 PM.

• In Athens-Clarke County - You may not get drunk on “The Bus?.

• In Athens-Clarke County - Alabama slingshots may not be used in the city limits.

• In Athens-Clarke County - No one may bath in Sandy Creek Lake.

• In Atlanta - Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

• In Atlanta - One man may not be on another man's back.

• In Columbus - No one may practice the business of tattooing on Sunday.

• In Columbus - It is illegal to carve your initials on a tree, even if it is on your own property.

• In Columbus - Model airplanes may be flown so long as they stay on either private property or city property adjacent to the county morgue.

• In Columbus - Blow guns are not allowed to be used within the city limits.

• In Columbus - Cussing over the telephone is against the law.

• In Columbus - No one may tease an idiot.

• In Columbus - It is illegal to wear a hat in a movie theater.

• In Columbus - Crosses may be burned on someone else’s property, so long as you have their permission.

• In Columbus - To swim in any pond in the city, one must wear a ‘suitable bathing suit’.

• In Columbus - Barber shops may not open on Sundays.

• In Columbus - Stink bombs are not allowed in the city limits.

• In Columbus - Picnics are prohibited in graveyards.

• In Columbus - No person may be buried under a sidewalk of a cemetery.

• In Columbus - It is illegal to set one price for two beers.

• In Columbus - Bars may not hold a “Lady’s Night�?.

• In Columbus - All Indians must return to their shore of the Chattohoochee River by nightfall.

• In Columbus - The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually shooting it.

• In Columbus - It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.

• In Columbus - Can't cut off a chicken's head on Sunday.

• In Columbus - It is illegal to carry a chicken by it's feet down Broadway on Sunday.

• In Conyers - One may not place a dead bird on a neighbor's lawn.

• In Dublin - Rocks may not be thrown at birds.

• In Dublin - A person must obtain a permit to spread rat poison.

• In Dublin - Persons may not wear hoods in public.

• In Dublin - It is illegal to play catch in any city street.

• In Dublin - Cars may not be driven through playgrounds.

• In Gainesville - Chicken must be eaten with the hands.

• In Jonesboro - It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy.

• In Marietta - Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.

• In Quitman - It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

• In Quitman - Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.

• In Roswell - Erotic dancing is prohibited on Sundays.

• In Roswell - The flooring of adult bookstores and video stores must be nonabsorbant and smooth textured.

• In St. Mary's - No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.

Weird Georgia Law