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State Law

• 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.

Local Law

Buckner

• In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday.

Columbia

• One may not drink in a bar between 2:00 and 6:00 AM.

Excelsior Springs

• Hard objects may not be thrown by hand.
• Worrying squirrels will not be tolerated.

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. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was served in buckets.
• A milk man may not run while on duty.

University City

• No person may own a PVC pipe.
• No person may have a "yard sale" in their front yard. In addition to this, no person shall have more than two yard sales a year.
• 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.
• Four women may not rent an apartment together.