Strange Laws
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They say that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction - here are some strange laws, and they're all real. (Well, as real and reliable as any other information one gathers off the net, but admittedly, that's not saying much.)

These are all American laws - the reasons for that are debatable though
Putting salt on a railway can be punishable by death in Alabama.

In Indiana, off-licences aren't allowed to sell milk.

It's prohibited to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on in North Dakota.

In the state of Washington, it's against the law to kill a fish by throwing a rock at it.

In North Carolina, you are prohibited from using and elephant to plough a field.
In Kentucky, you
are required by law
to take a bath at
least once a year.
In California, animals are prohibited from mating publicly within 1500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Somewhere in Colorado, it's illegal to let a dandelion grow within the city limits.
If you live in Alabama, it's illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

A town in Alaska prohibits a moose from having sex on the city streets.

It's prohibited for monkeys to smoke cigarettes in Indiana.

In Texas, it's illegal to curse in front of, or indecently expose oneself to a corpse.

It's illegal to play dominoes on a Sunday in Alabama.
In Washington DC,
the only legal sexual position is the
missionary position.
There was once a law in Washington that prohibited women from taking anything other than backward steps when dancing.
It's against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole in Atlanta.

In Louisiana, it's against the law to gargle in public.

In New York City, it's illegal to shake a duster out of a window.

It's illegal to talk about rodents in a public tavern if you live in Ohio.

It's against the law to have sex with a porcupine in Florida.
In Omaha, Nebraska,
parents may be arrested
if their child burps during
a church service.
In Iowa, a husband may not drink more than 3 gulps of beer when in bed with his wife.

You can be prosecuted for singing whilst wearing a swimming costume if you live in Florida.

In Indiana, it's illegal to enter a cinema or theatre less than four hours after eating garlic.

Mourners at funerals are prohibited from eating more than three sandwiches in Massachusets.
It's illegal to slurp
soup in New Jersey.
In Massachusets, snoring is prohibited unless your windows are locked.

You're prohibited from becoming governor of Pensylvania if you've participated in a duel.

It's illegal for chickens to cross the road in a certain town in Georgia.

In Kansas, it's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands.

It's prohibited to have sex whilst hunting or fishing of you live in Illinois.
It's illegal to cry
in the witness
stand in courts in
Los Angeles.
In a town in Wisconsin, it's illegal for a man to shoot a gun while his female partner is having an orgasm.

In Hastings, Nebraska, you aren't allowed to have sex in a hotel unless wearing nightshirts provided by the hotel.
Hawaiian law prohibits one from putting coins in their ears.

You are prohibited from shooting rabbits from a motorboat in Kansas.

In Texas, it's illegal for a 16-year old divorced girl to talk about sex to her friends.

It's illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a tollbooth in Pensylvania.

In California, it's illegal to eat oranges whilst taking a bath.
It's prohibited to sell
fish whilst wearing pyjamas in Texas.
In Florida, if you leave an elephant at a parking meter, you have to pay the same fee as you would for a car.

It's illegal to milk someone else's cow in Texas.
In Arkansas, a man
can legally beat his
wife, so long as
it's not more than
once a month.
In Kentucky, it's illegal to put an ice cream cone in your pocket.

If you live in Arkansas, it's illegal to go to the toilet in view of a dog.

In Alabama, you are prohibited from eating mussels within 2 hours of attending church.

It's against the law to graffiti someone else's cow in Texas.

In a town in Colorado, it's illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she's asleep.
In Utah, a husband can be held responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.

In Chicago, it's illegal for a woman weighing more than 200 pounds (14 stone) to ride a horse whilst wearing shorts.
It's against the law to wake a bear for the purpose of photography in Alaska.

In Chicago, it's illegal to take a French poodle to the opera.

It's against the law to cut a woman's hair on a train in Wisconsin.

A law in Conneticut prevents you from playing Scrabble whilst waiting for a policeman to speak.

Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

In Oklahoma, people who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined or jailed.
In a town in
North Carolina,
it's illegal to shoot paper clips with
elastic bands.
Women in Cleveland are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, in case men see reflections of their underwear.

It's illegal to loiter in the city morgue in Detroit.

In San Francisco, a regulation states that it's illegal to use soiled underwear to wash a car windscreen.

It's illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

In California, it's illegal to stop a child from jumping over puddles of water.
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