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From Home Delivery to Happy Hour: The Complex Alcohol Laws in Delaware

From Home Delivery to Happy Hour: The Complex Alcohol Laws in Delaware

Delaware’s alcohol laws emphasize strict controls on sales, deliveries, and service hours, with recent reforms allowing limited home delivery from licensed venues. Third-party delivery ...

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Jaywalking, Littering, and Other Laws You Break Every Day Without Realizing It in Rhode Island

Jaywalking, Littering, and Other Laws You Break Every Day Without Realizing It in Rhode Island

Rhode Island enforces jaywalking and littering through standard traffic and public nuisance statutes, with fines for pedestrians crossing outside marked crosswalks or against signals. ...

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Bear Wrestling and Other Prohibited Activities in Montana You Didn't Know Were Illegal

Bear Wrestling and Other Prohibited Activities in Montana You Didn’t Know Were Illegal

Montana bans bear wrestling under its animal cruelty and wildlife protection statutes, treating such acts as illegal fights or mistreatment rather than a specific ...

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Watch Your Mouth! The Maines Where Cursing While Driving Is Against the Law

Watch Your Mouth! The Maines Where Cursing While Driving Is Against the Law

Maine has no specific statewide law banning cursing while driving, unlike viral claims about Rockville, Maryland’s municipal ordinance against profane language near streets. The ...

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Chopping Down a Cactus Could Land You in Jail: Weird Property Laws in New Hampshire

Chopping Down a Cactus Could Land You in Jail: Weird Property Laws in New Hampshire

New Hampshire has no laws treating cactus removal like a felony, as cactuses aren’t native to its climate and face no special protections there. ...

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Is Your Pickle Illegal? The Bizarre Food Laws of Indiana

Is Your Pickle Illegal? The Bizarre Food Laws of Indiana

Indiana lacks a specific “pickle law” making pickles themselves illegal, unlike the viral myth about Connecticut’s bounce test for quality. The state’s quirky food ...

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Chopping Down a Cactus: A Felony in Arizona, But What About Your Alaska Yard?

Chopping Down a Cactus: A Felony in Arizona, But What About Your Alaska Yard?

Chopping down a protected cactus in Arizona can indeed be a felony, but Alaska homeowners generally face no such restrictions for common vegetation on ...

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Renting vs. Owning: Key Tenant and Landlord Laws Every Connecticut Resident Must Know

Renting vs. Owning: Key Tenant and Landlord Laws Every Connecticut Resident Must Know

Connecticut landlord-tenant laws, governed by the Connecticut Landlord and Tenant Act (Chapter 830 of the General Statutes), balance rights for renters and owners while ...

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Who Owns the Rainwater? Navigating Nevada's Water Rights and Conservation Laws

Who Owns the Rainwater? Navigating Nevada’s Water Rights and Conservation Laws

No, individuals in Nevada do not “own” rainwater in the absolute sense due to the state’s prior appropriation water rights system, but homeowners can ...

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From Home Delivery to Happy Hour: The Complex Alcohol Laws in Utah

From Home Delivery to Happy Hour: The Complex Alcohol Laws in Utah

Utah maintains some of the strictest alcohol laws in the U.S., influenced by its large Mormon population, but recent reforms have eased certain restrictions ...

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