California
It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship. Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison.
It is illegal to peel an orange in a hotel room.
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
Women may not drive in a house coat.
No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
It is illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
It is illegal to own a gerbil, hamster or ferret.
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
No one can ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
Belvedere
A City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash."
Berkeley
It's against the law to whistle for your lost canary before 7 A.M.
Blythe
city ordinance declares that a person must own at least two cows before he is permitted to wear cowboy boots in public.
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 (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor)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).
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
Customers in meat markets are prohibited from poking a turkey to see how tender it is.
It is illegal to cry on the witness stand in Los Angeles courts.
You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
A man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than two inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.
You may not hunt moths under a street light.
Toads may not be licked.
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.
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.
Nevada
It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
Clark County
An ordinance makes bringing a concealable firearm into the county illegal unless it is registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In order to register a handgun, however, it must be brought in to the police station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on the weekends, but the police may prosecute you at that time.
Elko
Everyone walking on 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.
It is against the law to look at a moose from an airplane. Fairbanks
It is illegal to appear in public wearing only swimming trunks. Honolulu
While it is legal to shoot bears, waking sleeping bears for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
It is the state policy that emergencies are held to a minimum and are rarely found to exist.
It is illegal for two moose to have sex on the city sidewalks.
It is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
It is illegal to own a mongoose without a permit.
It is against the law for you to insert pennies in your ear.
All residents may be fined as a result of not owning a boat.
Within the limits of any public park, it is unlawful to annoy any bird.
