Kenny Habetz Injury Law | March 3, 2025 | Personal Injury
Many people only become interested in laws when they need the protection or relief offered by the law, or they are accused of breaking the law and need to defend themselves. However, some laws in Louisiana can be very entertaining to read.
Our Lafayette personal injury lawyers share 15 weird laws in Louisiana that may make you laugh but could result in severe penalties for violations.
1. Three Sandwich Limit
You are only allowed to take three sandwiches if you are at a wake for a funeral, so you might want to eat before going to a funeral.
2. Parking Your Alligator
We know it is illegal to park in front of a fire hydrant, but it is also illegal to tie an alligator to a fire hydrant in New Orleans. If you want to take a break while walking your alligator, you must find a better place to leave it.
3. Crawfish Theft
You can face up to ten years in jail and pay a $3,000 fine if you steal someone’s crawfish or alligator in Louisiana.
4. No Forbidden Drinks at a Ritual
You can be fined $25,000 and serve up to 25 years in jail if you ingest blood or other bodily fluids during any type of ritual in Louisiana.
5. Cooking for Hogs
If you own hogs in Jefferson Parish, we hope you like to cook. The law requires garbage and other food fed to hogs to be cooked on the premises before it becomes hog feed.
6. Snakes Have to Celebrate Mardi Gras at Home
Snake owners should leave their pets at home. Bringing a snake within 200 yards of a Mardi Gras parade is a crime.
7. Only Beads Thrown at Mardi Gras
Float riders can throw many things into the crowd, but the law says they cannot throw condoms into the crowd.
8. Bead-Throwing Regulations
Mardi Gras beads are thrown a lot during a parade but throwing them at a parade float or from a third-story window is illegal.
9. TV Reporters Have Less Fun at Mardi Gras
A strange law prohibits television reporters from throwing anything at the crowd during a Mardi Gras parade.
10. Old and New Mask Laws
You can be arrested if you wear masks in public in Louisiana. However, you must wear a mask if you are on a float during Mardi Gras.
11. Voodoo Ban
Voodoo is a common practice in many areas of Louisiana. However, you can be fined if you practice voodoo within New Orleans.
12. Only Polite Language in Sulphur
The people in Sulphur must not like foul language. It is illegal to use obscene language while on the telephone in Sulphur.
13. Be Careful How You Use False Teeth
Did you know false teeth are considered a weapon? You can be charged with aggravated assault if you bite someone and you have false teeth.
14. Cowbells in Carencro
The sound of cowbells must have offended someone in Carencro. They have banned cowbells there.
15. Minors Left Out of Foosball
Businesses with foosball machines might be trying to keep minors out. Minors are not permitted to enter a business with a foosball machine in Jefferson Parish without being accompanied by an adult.
If you are dealing with the consequences of any strange laws in Louisiana or are dealing with any sort of personal injury from a negligent party, please call Kenny Habetz Injury Law to learn about your legal options for receiving compensation.
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