1. Outdated NC Laws

2. The mere possession of a lottery ticket is illegal in North Carolina and may result in a $2,000 fine. If a man and a woman who aren’t married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married. Organizations may not hold their meetings while the members present are in costume. Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited. You can be fined for singing out of tune for more than ninety seconds.

3. No one may be a professional fortune-teller, and if one wishes to pursue the practice as an amateur, it must be practiced in a school or church. Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields. All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart.