Weird Laws

Lawmakers across this country spend over the half the year making laws. Some of the laws may seem very necessary, however, after over 225 years of lawmaking there are some very weird laws. We have searched the internet and brought you the kings and queens of weird laws.

Weird Laws from Alabama

• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
• Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
• It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
• Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
• In jasper, it is illigal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.
• It is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
• It is illegal top wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
• Incestuous marriages are legal.
• It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
• It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
• You may not drive barefooted.
• It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses.
• It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.
• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
• It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
• Masks may not be worn in public.
• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.

Weird Laws from Alaska

• In Fairbanks, it is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
• While it is legal to shoot bears, waking sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
• Moose may not be viewed from an airplane
  

• It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
• Adultery may not be grounds for divorce if the action has not occurred within two year of discovery by the other spouse.
• A marriage can be voided if the marriage has never been consummated.
• Any citizen can petition the clerk and become a marriage commissioner.
• You cannot take a huskie into a school building.
• Children cannot build snowmen on school property that are taller than themselves.

Weird Laws from Arizona

• In Tucson, it is illegal for women to wear pants.
• In Globe, it is illegal to play cards in the street with a Native American.
• In Glendale, it is illegal to drive a car in reverse.
• In Nogales, it is illegal to wear suspenders.
• Hunting camels is prohibited.
• Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.
• There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
• Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
• If you place a mark on a flag that is likely to “invoke physical retaliation” then you can be charged with a class 2 misdemeanor.
• It is illegal to manufacture imitation cocaine.
• When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.
• It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.
• You may not have more than two dildos in a house.

Weird laws from Arkansas

• You can beat your wife, legally. However, you break the law by beating her more than once per month.
• Teachers will not get raises if they wear their hair in a bob.
• It is illegal to mispronounce “Arkansas”

Weird Laws from California

• Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
• Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
• Bathhouses are against the law. [Get the full text of this 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.

Weird Laws from Florida

• 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.

Weird Laws from Kansas

• Prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.

Weird Laws from Louisiana

• It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.

Weird Laws from Indiana

• It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
• Liquor stores may not sell milk.

Weird Laws from Michigan

• You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.

Weird Laws from Nebraska

• It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.

Weird Laws from New York

• 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.

Weird Laws from North Dakota

• Beer and 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.

Weird Laws from Ohio

• It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
• It is illegal to get a fish drunk.

Weird Laws from Pennsylvania

• A person is not eligible to become Governor if he/she has participated in a duel.

Weird Laws from Texas

• It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
• 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.

Weird Laws from Wisconsin

• You must manually flush all urinals in a building.
• Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.