50 Most Ridiculous Laws of the USA!
Parallels
You should never break the law. However your life is also governed by unwritten rules, guidelines, morals, social convention and habits. Are these rules of life benefiting you, or acting as limiting beliefs? Maybe some of the rules influencing your life deserve to be revisited. For now though, just have a laugh at these weird American laws!
Pennsylvania
It is illegal to tell a fortune teller where to find buried treasure.
Nevada
It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway
Kansas
When two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.
Wyoming
Buildings that cost more than $100K must display expensive art.
Tennesse
It is illegal to share your Netflix password.
South Dakota
You're not allowed to sleep in a cheese factory.
Rhode Island
It is forbidden to race a horse on a highway.
Oregon
Illegal to hunt at a cemetery.
Ohio/Kentucky
It is forbidden to sell coloured ducklings except when they go per six.
Minnesota
No contests where the point is to chase and catch a pig that is greased.
Montana
If you start to perform on stage you have to finish your song.
New Hampshire
Picnics in cemeteries are not allowed.
Oklahoma
You're not allowed to make glue out of dead skunks.
Oregon
You are not permitted to throw your poop out of a moving car.
Pennsylvania
You're not allowed to catch a fish with your mouth.
Utah
It's forbidden to purchase alcohol during an emergency.
Vermont
You're not allowed to hang clothes for drying because they are considered devices that run on solar power and you're not allowed obstruct the installation of renewable energy tech.
Virginia
You’re prohibited from killing any “nuisance species” before 1pm or after sunset on Sundays -- except raccoons, which you may continue to kill up until 2am on Sunday mornings.
Wisconsin
You can face up to six months in jail for… selling home-baked cookies.
Alabama
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache in church.
Alaska
It is illegal to wake a sleeping bear to take a photo.
California
A frog that dies during a frog-jumping contest cannot legally be eaten.
Florida
When tying your elephant to a parking meter, the parking fee must be paid.
Georgia
Illegal to keep an ice cream cone in your back pocket on Sundays.
Iowa
One armed piano players are not allowed to charge a fee.
Massachusetts
It is forbidden to own an explosive golf ball.
Michigan
Women cannot cut their own hair without permission from their husbands.
Missouri
You are not allowed to drive with a bear that’s not locked up in a cage.
Montana
You are not allowed to place sheep on a railroad with the intent to damage a train.
New Jersey
Men are not allowed to knit during the fishing season.
Ohio
You are not allowed to get a fish drunk.
North Dakota
It is forbidden to sleep with shoes on.
Utah
It is illegal NOT to drink milk.
West Virginia
It is illegal to whistle underwater.
New York
Slippers are banned after 10 p.m.
New Mexico
"Idiots" are banned from voting.
Montana
It's illegal to give a rat as a present.
Minnesota
You're not allowed to cross state lines with a duck on your head.
Maryland
Sleeveless shirts are banned in public.
Louisiana
It's illegal to send a surprise pizza.
Hawaii
It's illegal to place a coin in someones ear.
Delaware
It is forbidden to sell dog hair.
Arkansas
You are not allowed to honk your horn near a sandwich shop after 9 p.m.
Arizona
It's illegal for a donkey to sleep in a bathtub.
Alabama
It is illegal to drive blindfolded.
New Jersey
It is illegal to commit a crime whilst wearing a bulletproof vest.
Oklahoma
You'renot allowed to make glue out of dead skunks.
New Hampshire
It is forbidden to collect seaweed from the beach at night.
Indiana
All black cats must wear bells around their necks on Friday the 13th.
Connecticut
Pickles must bounce in order to be qualified as real and eligible for sale.
Arkansas
It is strictly prohibited to pronounce “Arkansas” incorrectly.
Washington
You can be arrested for harassing Bigfoot.
Waynesboro, Virginia
Women are not allowed to drive a car in Main Street unless their husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag.
Indiana
If you have a mustache you're not allowed to kiss a woman habitually.
Arizona
If you are found stealing soap, you must wash yourself until the bar of soap has been completely used up.
Washington
A motorist with criminal intentions must stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.
Idaho
It’s illegal for a man to give his fiancé a box of candy that weighs more than 50 lbs.
Indiana
It’s illegal to attend a public event or use public transport within 4 hours of eating an onions or garlic.
Washington
You cannot buy meat of any kind on Sunday.
Carrizozo, New Mexico
It’s forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Red cars may not drive down Lake Street.
Utah
Marriage between cousins is against the law only if they are younger than 65.
Rhode Island
You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.
North Carolina
It’s against the law to sing off-key.
Texas
It’s illegal to sell your eyeballs.
North Carolina:
Bingo games cannot last more than 5 hours.
Arizona
If you cut down a cactus, you could be sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Paulding, Ohio
Policemen are allowed to bite a dog if they think it will calm the dog down.
Sources:
I have combined laws that I have found on multiple websites. I've picked the laws that were most interesting or funny to me and ordered them :) You can check the websites here:
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/weird-state-laws
https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/dumbest-laws-america/
http://justsomething.co/the-22-most-ridiculous-us-laws-still-in-effect-today-2/2/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/weird-laws-in-america_us_56a264abe4b0d8cc1099e1cd
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/g4039/crazy-state-laws/?slide=1
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Pickles must bounce 🤣🤣
@emwalker yeah hilarious right?
Wow what a nice post, thanks for letting us know the rule of different countries that I'm very happy to know and some rules are interesting too.
@tangera keep in mind though these are cherry-picked laws particularly to show and make fun of some legislation still active :)
You gotta be kidding. I will never sing my entire life if I live in North Carolina. And, please I am not going to sell my eyeballs in Texas even if the price is right!
Haha @putu300 yeah it is very dangerous to sing there, only one slip and boom you're fined!
Well, I'd like to share two from my island:
Okay?
@putu300 nice :) thank you for sharing!
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STOPGreat Information. Who would have thought of these? Some seem so ridiculous. You are amazing.
Resteemed because I feel very strongly that some of these are quite serious and word needs to get around.
@gabbingster thanks! Yes I cannot comprehend that some of these are actual laws :P haha