Know your odd laws
Alexia Lang
Issue date: 10/26/09 Section: News
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Some students at UMKC are from other states or countries and simply are not aware of the local or state laws. Many locals just have not been exposed to them.
To be sure everyone on campus is in the know about state laws, here is a list of unusual laws in towns across Kansas and Missouri.
Be sure to pass this valuable information along to friends.
Laws in Missouri:
Buckner
In this small town of 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday.
Columbia
You cannot have an antenna exposed outside of your house. But you can have a 25-foot satellite dish.
Clotheslines are banned. But clothes may be draped over a fence.
One may not drink in a bar from 2-6 a.m.
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 is unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants. So don't do it.
Perryville
It is unlawful to kill birds within the city limits.
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.
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.
Laws in Kansas:
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