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ALABAMA
It is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.

It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

In a 1991 issue of Radiance Magazine, author Robert Pelton writes that, "a full-bodied woman should never eat peanuts while attending church in Ryan Crossroads, Alabama. The pastor has the legal right to make offenders stand in a corner or leave the church until the service is finished."

It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

ALASKA
A law in Fairbanks does not allow moose to have intimate relations with one another on city streets.

ARIZONA
It is illegal to wear suspenders in Nogales.

Want to play cards with a pregnant woman, a child or an Indian in the town of Quartzite? Don't do it! An ordinance prohibits anyone from playing cards with them "lest they acquire a taste for gambling!"

ARKANSAS
A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month...

Flirtation between the members of the opposite sex on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term.

The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.

According to Arkansas law, Section 4761, Pope's Digest: "No person shall be permitted under any pretext whatever, to come nearer than fifty feet of any door or window of any polling room, from the opening of the polls until the completion of the count and the certification of the returns."

CALIFORNIA
It is illegal to skateboard on walls "or other vertical surfaces" in Palo Alto.

Wearing a sweatshirt inside-out is deemed a "threatening misdemeanor" in Half-Moon Bay.

In 1930, the City Council of Ontario (California) passed an ordinance forbidding roosters to crow within the city limits.

In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.

In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Peeling an orange in your hotel room is banned in California.

San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses.

Redwood City has outlawed the frying of gravy.

In Santa Clara, it is forbidden to dedicate parking spaces to the patron saint of television.

Prostitutes in San Francisco are not obliged to make change for bills larger than $50.

The city of Mountain View proscribes calling pet fish by "names of aggressive content, e.g. 'Biter', 'Killer', 'Sugar-Ray'"

Bicycles may not be ridden without "appropriate fashion accessories" anywhere in Santa Clara County.

In Blythe, California, a person must own two cows in order to legally wear cowboy boots in public.

In Los Angeles, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap.

It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.

Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.

In L.A. it is against the law to complain through the mail that a hotel has cockroaches, even if it is true.

It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Blvd. at one time.

It is illegal to whistle for a lost canary before 7 am in Berkeley, CA.

In California, it is illegal to posses bear gall bladders.

In California, it is illegal to trip horses for entertainment.

COLORADO
In Logan County, it is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep....

It is illegal to swim during the daytime in a pool or river within the city limits of Durango, CO

It is illegal to throw shoes at weddings in Colorado.

In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor.

CONNECTICUT
You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.

You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.

An old Connecticut law banished to use of condoms and all other contraceptive devices.

In Devon it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.

In Harford you aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands.

DELAWARE
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FLORIDA
Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

A special law prohibits unmarried women (whether single, divorced or widowed) 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.

In Sarasota, it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.

Bringing new meaning to Miami Vice, it's illegal to give a lighted cigarette to a cat or dog in Miami.

South Beach, you are under arrest! In Miami, it's illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.

GEORGIA
It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro.

In Gainesville, Georgia, the poultry processing capital of the world, there is a city ordinance prohibiting the eating of chicken with a fork!

HAWAII
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IDAHO
Idaho state law makes it illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.

In Pocatello a law passed in 1912 provided that "the carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view."

In Idaho, fishing from the back of any animal is illegal.

It's safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene. Police officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window. Any suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must drive up from behind, honk his horn three times and wait approximately two minutes before getting out of his car to investigate.

ILLINOIS
Kirkland, Illinois, law forbids bees to fly over the village or through any of its streets.

It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois.

Chicago law prohibits eating in a place that is on fire.

In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day. In Zion it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets.

A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.

INDIANA
Citizens are not allowed to attend a movie house or theater nor ride in a public streetcar within at least four hours after eating garlic.

It is a felony for a skating instructor to seduce a female student.

It is illegal to take a bath in the wintertime in Indiana.

In Gary, Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic.

IOWA
Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes.

In Corning, Iowa, it is illegal to speak to anyone passing along the street or sidewalk.

Warn your hubby that after love making in Ames, Iowa, he isn't allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with you- or holding you in his arms.

In Ottumwa, Iowa, "It is unlawful for any male person, within the corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom he is unacquainted."

KANSAS
No one may catch fish with his bare hands in Kansas.

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

In Derby,Kansas it is illegal to be married on a skateboard, ride a skateboard to your wedding in your suit or at all, or to be married in a skateboard park.

KENTUCKY
By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she"cannot hold onto the ground."

It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.

A Kentucky law says that burglary can only be committed at night.

It is illegal for pigeons to fly over Bellevue, KY.

Frankfort, Kentucky, makes it against the law to shoot off a policeman's tie.

In Kentucky, "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club." An amendment to the above legislation: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to female horses."

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

Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault," while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault."

MAINE
In Portland a woman cannot be tickled under the chin by a feather duster.

MARYLAND
Laws prohibit the selling of condoms through vending machines in gas stations and stores-with one major exception. Prophylactics mat be dispensed by vending machines only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises"

In Halethrope it is illegal to kiss for more than one second.

In Baltimore it is illegal to mistreat oysters.

In Baltimore it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks, no matter how dirty they get.

In Baltimore it's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits.

In Baltimore it's also illegal to take a lion to the movies.

MASSACHUSETTS
Misery breeds company but it better not bring on a smorgasbord binge! Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.

Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.

An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.

And from the town that brought you the Salem Witch Trials, in Salem even married couples are forbidden from sleeping in the nude in rented rooms.

In Boston it is illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so.

In 1659, the State outlawed Christmas...

The state of Massachusetts is drafting regulations prohibiting large-scale bakers to allow the odor of bread to be released into the atmosphere because it contains ethanol, which can break down into ozone, a component of smog. "If people have such a visceral response to this smell, they can bake their own bread," said the engineer at the state Department of Environmental Protection who drafted the regulation.

MICHIGAN
A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.

It is illegal in Michigan to hitch a crocodile to a fire hydrant.

In Clawson there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.

In Michigan a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.

In Detroit couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.

MINNESOTA
It is illegal to pass a cow in Pine Island District without tipping your hat.

No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.

MISSISSIPPI
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MISSOURI
In St. Louis it's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.

In Merryville women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."

MONTANA
Bozeman has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown, but only if they're nude.

In Helena a woman can't dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing.

A woman is not allowed to go through her husband's mail.

NEBRASKA
A parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back a burp during a church service.

The owner of every hotel in Hastings, Nebraska, is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.

NEVADA
It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.

In Eureka men who wear mustaches are forbidden from kissing women.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire law forbids you to tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.

NEW JERSEY
In Manville, NJ, it is illegal to feed animals whiskey or cigarettes in a public park.

It is illegal to raise chickens in bottles in New Jersey.

It is illegal to slurp soup in New Jersey.

It is illegal to knock on doors or ring doorbells in Barker, NJ.

Lovers in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, should avoid satisfying their lustful urges in a parked car. If the horn accidentally sounds while they are frolicking behind the wheel, the couple can face a jail term.

NEW MEXICO
In Carrizozo, N.M., it's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public (includes legs and face).

In Carlsbad, New Mexico, it's legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during their lunch break from work, as long as the car or van has drawn curtains to stop strangers from peeking in.

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.

In Greene it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks when a concert is on.

In Carmel a man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.

The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule, but "if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action." Smoking is not allowed in the subways.

Also in NYC, it is illegal to buy alcohol before noon on Sundays.

NORTH CAROLINA
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NORTH DAKOTA
Beer & pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.

In Fargo a man can't smoke a cigarette in front of a woman.

It's against the law in North Dakota to go to bed wearing shoes.

OHIO
In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.

As is the case in Indiana, it is a felony for a skating instructor to seduce a female student.

Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland because a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"

In Dayton only men can be hired as hotel bellhops.

OKLAHOMA
Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.

Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.

Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.

In Bexley, Ohio, Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.

It is illegal in Oklahoma to give liquor to a fish.

Whale hunting is strictly forbidden throughout the entire state.

In Tulsa, kisses lasting more than three minutes are forbidden.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.

Harthahorne (Oklahoma) City Ordinance, Section 363, states that it shall be unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window.

OREGON
It's against the law in Willowdale for a husband to curse during sex.

In Corvallis a woman isn't allowed to drink coffee after 6pm.

In Monmouth unchaperoned women aren't allowed to enter a man's car.

In Klamath Falls Oregon it is still illegal to kick the heads off of rattlesnakes. This law was used when years ago, main street sidewalks were wooden. Rattlesnakes would pop their heads up through knot holes and people would kick at them, creating nasty smells from under those wooden sidewalks.

PENNSYLVANIA
A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

No man may purchase alcohol without written consent from his wife.

It is illegal in Pittsburgh, Penn., to sleep in a refrigerator.

The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.

In Pennsylvania, "any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue."

In certain sections of Pennsylvania many years ago, the Farmer's Anti-Automobile society set up some "rules of the road." In effect, they said:

1. "Automobiles traveling on country roads at night must send up a rocket every mile, then wait ten minutes for the road to clear."

2. "If a driver sees a team of horses, he is to pull to one side of the road and cover his machine with a blanket or dust cover that has been painted to blend into the scenery."

3. "In the event that a horse refuses to pass a car on the road, the owner must take his car apart and conceal the parts in the bushes."

RHODE ISLAND
In Province it is illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.

In Newport it is illegal to smoke a pipe after sunset.

In Peacedale it is a crime for a man to offer a woman a cigarette.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Until the law was repealed in 2004 bars in South Carolina were only allowed to serve liquor out of tiny bottles -- the type they serve on airplanes.

SOUTH DAKOTA
In hotels in Sioux Falls every room is required to have twin beds. And the beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds!

A woman over fifty is not allowed to go outside and strike up a conversation with a married man older than 20.

TENNESSEE
It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

In Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.

In Bristol it is illegal for a woman to stop in the street to adjust, straighten or pull up her stockings.

In Memphis it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.

In Tennessee it is illegal to shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.

TEXAS
A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.

In Dennison it is illegal for a woman to adjust her stockings in public. Doing so can result in up to a year of jail time.

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

It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone. In one of those "true facts" books there was an explanation for this law. It seems that one of the state senators did not want a law passed. To keep this particular law from passing, he attached the train law to it. He hoped that his fellow senators would discover the train law attached, see how ridiculous it was, and not pass the laws. Nobody saw the the train law attached and passed both laws. This may not be the real reason, but it sounds good. And it might explain some of the laws we have to live with.

In Texas, no one other than a registered pharmacist may sell condoms or other kinds of contraceptives "on the street or other public places." Not even Physicians! Anyone one who tries to make a few extra bucks doing this will be severely prosecuted for the dire act of "unlawfully practicing medicine."

A recently passed anti-crime 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...

In Lefors, it is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer at any time while standing.

In San Antonio, it is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.

A resolution was passed in 1971 honoring the Boston Strangler. Odd but 100% true as confimred by Snopes.com

UTAH
Birds have the right of way on all highways.

A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.

It is against the law to fish from horseback in Utah.

No woman may have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance within the boundaries of Tremonton, Utah. If caught, the woman can be charged with a sexual misdemeanor and "her name is to be published in the local newspaper." The man isn't charged nor is his name revealed.

VERMONT
Law makers made it obligatory for everybody to take at least one bath each week -- on Saturday night.

It is illegal to paint a horse in Vermont.

VIRGINIA
In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset. (There was a civil-service job- for men only- called a corset inspector.)

WASHINGTON
All lollipops are banned.

A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.

It's illegal in Wilbur to ride an ugly horse. Fine? $300.

There is/was a law on the books in Washington state that stated that a motorcar driven at night must be preceded by something like 100 yards by a man carrying a lantern...

In Seattle it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.

Also in Seattle it is illegal for a woman to sit on a man's lap on a bus unless there is a pillow between them.

It is still an offense in Washington state to pretend your parents are rich.

WASHINGTON D.C.
A D.C. federal judge has ruled that begging is a form of free speech protected by the Constitution. That means that mugging is free speech too, only more persuasive.

WEST VIRGINIA
No children may attend school with their breath smelling of "wild onions."

It is illegal for lions to run wild in the streets of Alderson, WV.

In Nicholas County, W. Va., no member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service.

WISCONSIN
In the quiet town of Connorsville, Wisconsin, it's illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner has an orgasm.

WYOMING
A woman is not allowed within five feet of a bar -- sitting or standing -- if she is having a drink.

An ordinance in Newcastle specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in-meat freezer!

That New Zealand law is wrong, by the way. The drinking age was lowered to 18 quite a few years ago. whee

Okay, I'll read the rest now.

"The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule, but "if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action." Smoking is not allowed in the subways. "

I'm now thinking of buying one of those "I heart NY" shirts.... Not that I would need it on their transit systems.