Louisiana · La. R.S. 14:224
St. Tammany limits water exports, except bottled well water
“No person, firm, corporation, public body, quasi-public body or political subdivision shall transport underground water or surface water from the parish of St.”
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Odd laws about farm, field and water
Gates, stock tanks, ice holes, purple paint, sea oats and parish water.
Our overview
Rural life shows up in several codes. Nevada requires anyone passing through a field gate to shut and fasten it, Nebraska requires the owner's consent before watering livestock at a private tank, and Vermont requires guards around any hole cut to take ice from water people usually cross.
South Carolina lets landowners post land against trespassers with purple paint marks of a set size and height, and protects sea oats and Venus's-flytrap plants from being cut or collected. Louisiana bars moving water from St. Tammany Parish to anyone outside the parish, apart from bottled water from wells there.
Written by Silly Rules from the quoted laws below. Not legal advice.
The 6 laws
Nebraska · Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1308
Private-tank livestock watering needs consent, with exceptions
“It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to water livestock at any watering trough or tanks belonging to any private owner without the consent of such owner,”
Nevada · NRS 207.220
Shut and fasten field gates you open and cross, with exceptions
“Any person or persons opening and passing through gates or bars when gates or bars are placed in fences enclosing fields, or in fences partly enclosing lands, and not shutting and fastening the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.”
South Carolina · S.C. Code § 16-11-590
Picking sea oats or a Venus flytrap can mean jail
“It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, collect, break or otherwise destroy sea oat plants, Venus's-flytrap plants or any part on public property or on private property without the owner's consent.”
South Carolina · S.C. Code § 16-11-600
Proper purple boundary markings serve as No Trespassing signs
“by marking boundaries with a clearly visible purple-painted marking, consisting of one vertical line not less than eight inches in length and two inches in width, and the bottom of the mark not less than three nor more than six …”
Vermont · 13 V.S.A. § 3831
Ice-cutting holes need guards where people usually cross
“A person who takes ice from water over which people are accustomed to pass and does not place around the opening thereby made in the ice suitable guards to prevent a person, team, or vehicle from falling into such hole or opening …”
Every quote on this site was matched against its official page on October 14, 2026. Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.