50 Most Ridiculous Laws of the USA!

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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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