Crazy New Jersey Laws: You Won’t Believe What’s on the Books

Many laws in New Jersey will boggle your mind, but a major website has just identified the one they think is the absolute craziest. It’s hard to believe these are even on the books in the Garden State.

New Jersey Has Some Very Strange Laws

Before we get to the law this website highlighted, let’s look at some of the other crazy laws in New Jersey we were able to find.

They might make you laugh, and they’ll make you shake your head.

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Let’s start in Manville, where the town decided at some point they needed a law banning giving alcohol or tobacco to zoo animals.

Hot Dog Lovers Need To Know This New Jersey Law

According to Jersey’s Best, eating hot dogs on Sundays is illegal. That cuts the barbecue season in half there.

Now we travel to Bernards Township, and we warn you that you better be in a good mood when you get there unless, of course, you’re looking for trouble with the law.

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You see, it’s illegal to frown in Bernards Township. I doubt it’s ever been enforced, but if it encourages some additional smiling and a little less frowning, then that's a good thing.

What's New Jersey's Craziest Law?

We have finally arrived at the law that Delish has decided is their choice for the craziest law in New Jersey.

It’s the one that says it is illegal to commit a crime while wearing a bulletproof vest. Be prepared to be charged separately if you wear one the next time you commit a crime.

Or you can lose the vest, obey the law, and avoid some jail time.

These are just some head-shaking laws that are or have been on the books in New Jersey. This falls into the “only in Jersey” category.