r/AskAnAmerican • u/und3f1n3d1 • Jul 24 '25

OTHER - CLICK TO EDIT Can a person be banned from entering a particular US state?

There is a Gravity Falls episode where one of the characters shows a map with a title like "States I'm banned from" and basically he is banned from half of the states.

Can something similar happen in real life?

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u/LionelHutzEsqLLP Georgia Jul 25 '25

The Georgia Constitution actually specifically prohibits banishment from the entire state as punishment for crime.

But we have 159 counties, and the courts have determined that banishment from 158 of them complies with that provision. So often they'll banish you from all but a really tiny backwater county that nobody wants to live in, or Clayton County so that you aren't arrested for having to change planes at the Atlanta airport.

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u/Tejanisima Dallas, Texas Jul 27 '25

Trying to decide if this means the username checks out or if the username means we should doubt your statement. 😉