Every state in the U.S.A. has at
least one bizarre legal stipulation that could land residents in trouble if
they didn’t comply (and the law was enforced). At one point in the history of each state presented, those
laws served some purpose. Enjoy their absurdity today as you wonder at the
reason for each one of them (in the state's past).
It is illegal in the state of…
1. Alabama to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
2. Alaska to whisper in someone’s ear while they are moose hunting.
3. Arizona to cut down a cactus. (Possible twenty-five-year prison
term)
4. Arkansas to mispronounce the name of the state.
5. California to eat an orange in a bathtub.
6. Colorado to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor (in
the city of Denver).
7. Connecticut for
pickle to be a pickle unless it bounces.
8. Delaware to get married on a dare.
9. Florida to tie an elephant to a parking meter. (Payment is the same as
would be for a vehicle.)
10.
Georgia to
change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are lowered.
11.
Hawaii for
not owning a boat. (Fines may be accessed.)
12.
Idaho for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing fewer than
fifty pounds.
13.
Illinois to
take a French poodle to the opera (in the city of Chicago).
14.
Indiana for the value of the mathematical pi to be recognized as 3.1415
(instead of 4).
15.
Iowa for a one-armed piano player to perform for money.
16.
Kansas to
throw knives at men wearing striped suits (in the city of Natoma).
17.
Kentucky for every citizen not to take a shower once a year.
18.
Louisiana to bite someone with their natural teeth (simple assault). Biting
someone with false teeth
(aggravated assault).
19.
Maine to keep your Christmas decorations on display after January 14
(fine assessed).
20.
Maryland to
wash or scrub a dirty sink (in the city of Baltimore).
21.
Massachusetts to have a gorilla in the backseat of a car.
22.
Michigan for a woman to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.
23.
Minnesota to
paint a sparrow with the intent of selling it as a parakeet (in the city of
Harper Woods).
24.
Mississippi to walk a dog without dressing it in diapers (in the city of
Temperance).
25.
Missouri to buy shotguns, but not toy cap guns (in the city of Kansas City).
26.
Montana it’s a felony for a wife to open her husband’s mail.
27.
Nebraska for bar owners to sell beer unless they brew a kettle of soup
simultaneously.
28.
Nevada for
men wearing mustaches to kiss women.
29.
New Hampshire to sell the clothes you’re wearing to pay off a gambling
debt.
30.
New Jersey for
a man to knit during the fishing season.
31.
New Mexico for females to appear with unshaven legs in public (in the city
of Carrizozo).
32.
New York to talk to anyone in an
elevator. (Correct posture involves folded hands as one looks toward the door.)
33.
North Carolina to sing off-key.
34.
North Dakota to
lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
35.
Ohio not to honk the horn whenever you pass another car. (According to
the state’s driver’s education manual)
36.
Oklahoma to
take a bite out of another person’s hamburger.
37.
Oregon not to drip-dry one’s dishes.
38.
Pennsylvania to
sleep on the top of an outdoor refrigerator.
39.
Rhode Island to bite off another person’s leg.
40.
South Carolina for an unmarried man not to keep his promise of marriage to an
unmarried woman.
41.
South Dakota to
lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
42.
Tennessee to
sell hollow logs.
43.
Texas to
shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
44.
Utah not to drink milk.
45.
Vermont for women not to get written permission from their husbands to
wear false teeth.
46.
Virginia to
tickle a woman.
47.
Washington to
pretend that one’s parents are wealthy.
48.
Washington, D.C. to post a public notice
calling someone a coward for refusing to accept a challenge to duel.
49.
West Virginia
to ridicule someone who does not accept a challenge (possible six-month prison
sentence).
50.
Wisconsin to
substitute margarine for butter in a restaurant (unless it is specifically
requested).
51.
Wyoming to
take a picture of a rabbit from January to April of the year (unless you have a
permit).[i]
“Every person has free choice. Free to obey or
disobey the natural laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever
did (or ever will) escape the consequences of his choices.” (Alfred
A. Montapert)
·
“7 Ridiculous Laws against Women” by Katherine Butler
·
“These 10 Crazy Laws in New Mexico Will Leave
You Scratching Your Head in Wonder” Juliet White
[i] Sources used:
· “50
Bizarre U.S. Laws You Won't Believe Are Real” by Annie Tucker Morgan
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