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  • Minnesota 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.
  • Minnesota 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.
  • Arizona City Laws
  • Glendale
  • Cars may not be driven in reverse.
  • Globe
  • Cards 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.
  • Florida 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.
  • Jupiter 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.
  • Alaska 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.
  • California City Laws
  • Arcadia
  • 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)
  • Virginia City Laws
  • Culpeper
  • No one may wash a mule 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.
  • North Dakota 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.
  • Nevada 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 police 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.
  • New York 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.
  • South Dakota 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.
  • Rhode Island City 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.
  • Texas 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.