State Laws
A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop their head.
It is illegal to sleep naked.
All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head.
Oral sex is prohibited.
All bathtubs must have feet.
City Laws
Hibbing
It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer to enforce the
provisions of this Section, and if any
cat is found running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or
public place, it shall be the duty of any
policeman or other officer of the city to kill such cat.
Minneapolis
Red cars can not drive down Lake Street
St. Cloud
Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.
Virginia
You're not allowed to park your elephant on Main Street.
Arizona
State Laws
Hunting camels is prohibited.
Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.
This goes back in the days of
the Wild West.
There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.
You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
City Laws
Glendale
Cars may not be driven in reverse.
Globe
Card may not be played in the street with a Native American.
Hayden
If you bother the cottontails or bullfrogs, you will be fined.
Maricopa County
No more than six girls may live in any house.
Mesa
It is illegal to smoke cigarettes within 15 feet of a public place unless you have a Class 12 liqueur license.
Mohave County
A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up.
Nogales
An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders.
Prescott
No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house.
Tucson
Women may not wear pants.
Tombstone
It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.
Florida
State Laws
Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she
shall risk arrest, fine, and/or
jailing.
If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
It is illegal to skateboard without a license.
When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.
You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.
It is considered an offense to shower naked.
You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the
edges of more than four cups and/or
saucers.
Oral sex is illegal.
You may not kiss your wife's breasts.
Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
City Laws
Big Pine Key
It is illegal to molest a Key deer. If caught one will be fined or will have to go to jail.
Cape Coral
It is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes outside on a clothesline.
It it illegal to park a pick-up truck in your driveway or in front of your
house on the street. This law is limited to
only those who do not own the house.
Daytona Beach
The molestation of trash cans is banned.
Hialeah
Ambling and strolling is a misdemeanor.
Jupitor Colony Inlet
Stubborn children are considered vagrants.
Miami
It is illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
Pinecrest
There is a limit of four on the number of dogs any citizen may possess.
You may be fined if your dog barks.
In order to have a burglar alarm you must obtain a permit.
Pensacola
Citizens may not be caught downtown without at least 10 dollars on their person.
Sarasota
If you hit a pedestrian you are fined $69.50.
You may not catch crabs.
Tampa Bay
It is illegal to eat cottage cheese on Sunday after 6:00 P.M.
Alaska
State Laws
Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.
While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose
of taking a photograph is prohibited.
It is the state policy that emergencies are held to a minimum and are rarely
found to exist. -Sec. 44.62.270.
State policy.
It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
City Laws
Fairbanks
It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
California
State Laws
Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone
to try and stop a child from playfully
jumping over puddles of water.
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
Removing your clothes in a bath house is against the law.
It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
Women may not drive in a house coat.
No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
It is illegal to own a gerbil, hamster or ferret.
City Laws
Arcdia
Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways.
Alhambra
You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.
Baldwin Park
Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
Belvedere
City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash."
Blythe
You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.
Burlingame
It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds.
Carmel
Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor)
Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.
Chico
Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.
Downey
It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).
Hollywood
It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
Lafayette
You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person.
Lompoc
It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters. This is considered disturbing the peace.
Long Beach
Cars are the only item allowed in a garage.
It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
Los Angeles
It is illegal in for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.
You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
You may not hunt moths under a street light.
It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
Toads may not be licked. The toad secretes a poison that some people were
licking to produce an effect
like heroin and become "high".
It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church. Breaking
this law is punishable by a fine of $500
and/or six months in prison.
Zoot suits are prohibited.
Ontario
Roosters may not crow in the city limits.
Pacific Grove
Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
Palm Springs
It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM.
Pasadena
It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room
with her boss.
Prunedale
Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house.
Redlands
Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it.
Riverside
One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock.
San Diego
It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar.
The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.
San Francisco
Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash.
It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.
Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.
It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited.
San Jose
It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord. 7.08.595
Santa Monica
You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
Temecula
Ducks have the right of way to cross Rancho California St. no matter what.
Virginia
State Laws
You can't have sex with the lights on and in any other position than the missionary position.
It is illegal to sell peanut brittle on Sundays. (Repealed)
You cannot sell lettuce on Sunday, but you can sell beer, wine etc. (Repealed)
There is a state law prohibiting "corrupt practices of bribery by any person other than candidates."
You may not work on Sunday. (Repealed)
It is illegal to spit on sidewalk.
It is illegal to have sexual relations without marriage.
You may not have oral or anal sex.
Driving while not wearing shoes is prohibited. (Repealed)
It is also illegal to have consensual sex with an adult to whom you are not married.
Police radar detectors are illegal.
Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.
Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
It is illegal to tickle women.
You cannot buy hardware of any kind on Sunday. (Passed in 1975, repealed in 1977)
City Laws
Culpeper
No one may wash amule on the sidewalk.
Dayton
It's illegal for a colored person to be outside (or within city limits) after 7pm.
Lebanon
It is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.
Norfolk
Spitting on a sea gull is not tolerated.
A man may face 60 days in jail for patting a woman's derriere.
Women must wear a corsette after sundown and be in the company of male
chaperone.
Richmond
It is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for a coffee.
Stafford County
It is legal to beat your wife on the courthouse steps only before 8:00 PM.
Victoria
It is illegal to skate down the sidewalk of Main Street.
Virginia Beach
If you are drunk and not driving your car, and the person who is driving
the car is drunk as well, you may both
receive DUI's.
It is illegal for a person to ride on the handlebars of a bike.
Waynesboro
It is illegal for a woman to drive a car up Main Street unless her husband
is walking in front of the car waving a
red flag.North Dakota
State Laws
Beer & pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
It is legal to shoot an indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered
wagon.
City Laws
Fargo
One may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing
a hat to a function where dancing is
taking place.
Nevada
State Laws
It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
City Laws
Clark County
An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm into the county illegal
unless it is registered with the Las
Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, but in order to register a handgun
it must be brought in to the police
station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on a weekend, but the
polic can prosecute you at that time.
Elko
Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.
Eureka
Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
Nyala
A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other
than himself at any one period during
the day.
New York
State Laws
A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits
men from turning around on any city
street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a
crime of this magnitude calls for the
violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever
and whenever he goes outside for a
stroll.
It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences,
unless they both agree to it. That rarely
happens, since one party regularly says "no" to the other, or there wouldn't
be a reason to dissolve the
marriage. If one of the spouses says "no" to the divorce, the other party
has to prove that the spouse saying
"no" was at fault. Fault could be one of four terrible things. If the spouse
has abandoned the other spouse, that
is, left the house for a year or if there hasn't been sexual relations
for a year (how do you prove that?). Another
one of the four terrible things, an oft cited fault, is to assert that
the spouse has treated the other spouse with
physical or mental cruelty. This is usually the case in most deteriorating
marriages, but for the court's
purposes, yelling and screaming is not usually enough; pictures of bruises
taken in the emergency room might
suffice. Divorce will be easy if the spouse has been imprisoned for two
or three years. Much more difficult is
the last fault, adultery. This keeps a lot of private detectives in business,
since lipstick on the collar is not
proof. It also means that lawyers get paid to "prove" fault, or on the
other side, to show how lame the opposing
side's "fault" claim is.
A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her
pocket.
It's illegal to speak to a person while riding in an elevator and you must
fold your hand while looking towards
the foward opening door.
Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
City Laws
Carmel
A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
Greene
It is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks when a concert is on.
New York
Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and
wiggling the fingers".
A man may not turn around and look at a woman in "that way," and violators
are forced to wear horse blinders.
It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing."
You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
Staten Island
You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in an
effort to curb "girlie behavior."
South Dakota
State Laws
No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants.
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
Movies that show police officers being struck, beaten, or treated in an
offensive manner are forbidden.
If there are more than 5 Native Americans on your property you may shoot
them.
City Laws
Spearfish
If three or more Indians are walking down the street together, they can
be considered a war party and fired
upon.
Rhode Island
State Laws
Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal
waters of Rhode Island a "No
Discharge Zone". The ostensible purpose was to prohibit the discharge of
sewage by boats into the state's
waters. However, discharge of raw sewage into the state waters was already
illegal. What the "No Discharge
Zone" actually did was make it illegal to discharge TREATED sewage from
a boat into state waters. What
now happens is that boats (whose treatment systems far outperform municipal
sewage treatment plants) are
now required to disable their sewage treatment systems, and carry their
sewage to a shore-based facility,
which then dumps the partially treated sewage back into Rhode Island's
coastal waters.
Challenging someone to a duel, or accepting a challenge to a duel from
someone, even if the duel is never
actually fought. Penalty: Imprisonment for one to seven years. -SECTION
11-12-2
Impersonating a town sealer, auctioneer, corder of wood, or a fence-viewer.
Penalty: $20 to $100 fine. -
SECTION 11-14-2
Erecting or placing a windmill within twenty-five (25) rods of any traveled
street or road. -SECTION 11-22-4
Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing
the speed of the horse. Penalty:
Maximum $20 fine and imprisonment for 10 days. -SECTION 11-22-11
Exercising any labor, business, or work, or using any game, sport, play,
or recreation, or causing any of the
above to be done to or by your children, servants, or apprentices on the
first day of the week (Sunday).
Penalty: First offense: $5 Second offense: $10 -SECTION 11-40-1
Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null
and void. -SECTION 11-40-1
Coasting downhill in your car with your transmission in neutral, or with
the clutch disengaged. -SECTION
31-22-6
It is considered an offense to throw pickle juice on a trolley.
State Laws
Newport
You cannot smoke a pipe after sunset.
Providence
There is not an appeals process for exemtion of property tax due to a disability
or poverty.
It is illegal to wear transparent clothing.
You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a
Sunday.
West Warwick
It is illegal to use water on even-numbered days for the sole purpose of
watering plants, gardens, or lawns. If
you break this law there is a fine of $25-$100.
Texas
State Laws
When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come
to a full stop, and neither shall
proceed until the other has gone.
A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first
obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband
or wife 3 times.
It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield,
but you must have the wipers.
It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
It is illegal to milk another person's cow.
A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims
24 hours notice, either orally or in
writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains
a formula for making beer at
home.
City Laws
Abilene
It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing.
Austin
Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket.
Beaumont
Collegiate football is banned at Lamar University.
Borger
It is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters,
whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive
firecrackers of any kind.
Clarendon
It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster.
Dallas
It's illegal to possess realistic dildos.
El Paso
Churches, hotels, halls of assembly, stores, markets, banking rooms, railroad
depots, and saloons are
required to provide spittoons "of a kind and number to efficiently contain
expectorations into them."
Houston
Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but it may be purchased
on Monday.
It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.
Jasper
Dogs must be on a leash at ALL times. Fine of 100 dollars.
LeFors
It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while standing.
Mesquite
It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.
Port Arthur
Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator.
Richardson
It is now illegal to place a "for sale" sign on a car if it visible from the street.
San Antonio
It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the
eyes and/or hands.
It is illegal to urinate on the Alamo.
Temple
No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square.
You can ride your horse in the saloon.
Cattle thieves may be hung on the spot.
Texarkana
Owners of horses may not ride them at night without tail lights.