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38 Strange Laws
38 Strange Laws
Alabama: It is illegal to buy a bag of peanuts after sunset and before sunrise the next day in Alabama.
Arizona: It is illegal to wear suspenders in Nogles, AZ.
California: In Blythe, California, a person must own two cows in order to legally wear cowboy boots in public.
Maryland, Baltimore::It’s illegal to take a lion to the movies.
California: Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
California: San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses.
California: In Cupertino, California, it is illegal to count backwards audibly in hexadecimal.
California: It is illegal to skateboard on walls “or other vertical surfaces” in Palo Alto.
California: Peeling an orange in your hotel room is banned in California
Colorado: In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor.
Connecticut: You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.
Florida: In Sarasota, it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
Georgia: It is illegal to say “Oh, Boy” in Jonesboro, Georgia.
Illinois: Chicago law prohibits eating in a place that is on fire.
Alabama: Masks may not be worn in public
Kansas: No one may catch fish with his bare hands in Kansas.
Louisana: It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
Louisana: Biting someone with your natural teeth is “simple assault,” while biting someone with your false teeth is “aggravated assault.”
Michigan: A state law stipulates that a woman’s hair legally belongs to her husband.
Missouri: In St. Louis, it’s illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.
Minnesota: It is illegal to pass a cow in Pine Island District, MN, without tipping your hat.
Nevada: It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
New Hampshire: New Hampshire law forbids you to tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
New Jersey: It is illegal to slurp soup in New Jersey.
Greene, New York: It is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks when a concert is on.
North Dakota: Beer & pretzels can’t be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
Oklahoma: Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
Oklahoma: Whale hunting is strictly forbidden throughout the entire state.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma: It is against the law to open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.
Harthahorne (Oklahoma): City Ordinance, Section 363, states that it shall be unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window.
Pennsylvania: The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.
Rhode Island: In Province it is illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.
Utah: It is against the law to fish from horseback in Utah.
Vermont: It is illegal to paint a horse in Vermont.
Washington: A law to reduce crime states: “It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.
Washington, D.C.: A D.C. federal judge has ruled that begging is a form of free speech protected by the Constitution. That means that mugging is free speech too, only more persuasive.
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