Illinois
You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.
You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation.
You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile.
According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American".
A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
Animals can be sent to jail. A monkey served five days in a Chicago jail for shoplifting.
It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets.
Chicago
It is an offense to feed whiskey to a dog.
You can't fly a kite in the city limits.
Spitting is forbidden.
In the Pullman area, it is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb.
It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck.
It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits..
People who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or deformed to the point of being "an unsightly or disgusting object" are banned from going out in public.
It is illegal to fish in one's pajamas.
It is illegal to take a French poodle to the opera.
In fire-sensitive Chicago, it is against the law to eat in an establishment that is on fire.
Champaign
It is considered an offense to piss in your neighbor's mouth.
Cicero
Prohibits humming on public streets on Sundays.
Crete
It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one's dog.
Cars may not be driven through the town.
Des Plains
Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.
Eureka
A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.
Evanston
Bowling is forbidden.
It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
Freeport
It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.
Galesburg
There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.
Guernee
It is illegal for women weighing more than 200 pounds to ride horses in shorts.
Homer
It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law enforcement officer.
Joliet
It is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet.
Women in Joliet, Illinois, can be arrested for trying on more than six dresses in one store.
Kenilworth
A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow. Hens that wish to cackle must step two hundred feet back from any residence.
Kirkland
Forbids bees to fly over the village or through any of its streets.
Moline
Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June and August is prohibited.
There is a ban on unnecessary repetitive driving on 23rd Avenue.
Morton Grove
You may not own a handgun
Normal
It is against the law to make faces at dogs.
Oblong
It's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
Orland Park
No pool tables are allowed in a public establishment, because it supports gambling.
Ottawa
Spitting on the sidewalk is a criminal offense.
Park Ridge
Trucks may only park inside closed garages.
Peoria
Basketball hoops may not be instaled on a driveway.
Urbana
It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana.
Winnetka
Theater managers can kick out any patron who has "odoriferous feet."
Zion
It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets.
Baths may not be taken Between the months of October and March.
Oral sex is illegal.
A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
It is against the law to pass a horse on the street in Indiana.
It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
Liquor stores may not sell milk.
Grocery stores may not sell any type of liquor cold.
You may not back into a parking spot. Police officers cannot see your license plate.
Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.
The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415... (Repealed)
Auburn
It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in an area zone commercial. The penalty for any of these is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of ones bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days but not a combination of both.
Beech Grove
It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.
Evansville
While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.
Fort Wayne
You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It`s In the Book".
French Lick Springs
All black cats must wear bells on Friday the 13th.
Gary
Persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic.
South Bend
Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend. A monkey was convicted of the crime once, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 plus the cost of the trial.
Terre Haute
No one may spit on the sidewalk.
Warsaw
The Stepford Wives is banned.
Kentucky
It is illegal for a woman to appear in a bathing suit on a highway unless she is:
escorted by at least two police officers; armed with a club; or lighter than 90 pounds or heavier than 200 pounds.
The ordinance also specifically exempts female horses from such restrictions.
No person shall sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange, display or possess living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits which have been dyed or colored; nor dye or color any baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits; nor sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange or to give away baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits, under two months of age in any quantity less than six, except that any rabbit weighing three pounds or more may be sold at an age of six weeks. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500.
State law stipulates that a person is considered sober until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground".
It is illegal to remarry the same man four times.
According to state law, every person must take a bath at least once a year.
No person owning or controlling a billiard or pool table shall permit, for compensation or reward, any minor under eighteen (18) years of age to play any game on the table, unless such minor shall have first displayed an identification card containing his name, age, photograph, and the signature of his parents or guardian. The minor shall keep such identification card on his person, and it shall be subject to inspection at any time by any peace officer. The person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall keep and maintain a registration book in which each minor shall sign. The person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall supply a blank identification card to each parent or guardian who makes request for same. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than ten ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.
