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Missouri Crazy Law
It is not illegal to speed. (Repealed)
Buckner
In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except
Sunday.
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Excelsior Springs
Worrying squirrels is not tolerated.
Hard objects may not be thrown by hand.
Kansas City
Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws is prohibited.
Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns
freely.
Marceline
Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
Marquette
It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the same dwelling
(The Brothel Law).
Mole
Frightening a baby is in violation of the law.
Natchez
It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants.
Purdy
Dancing is strictly prohibited.
St. Louis
It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.
This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was
served in buckets.
A milk man may not run while on duty.
University City
Four women may not rent an apartment together.
Montana Crazy Law
It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a
chaperone.
It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
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Seven or more indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to
shoot them. (Repealed)
It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime.
In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and
illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
Excelsior Springs
Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.
Helena
No item may be thrown across a street.
Salisbury
Pop bottles are not to be thrown on the ground.
Whitehall
It is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels.
Nebraska Crazy Law
It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a
state license.
It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing
a kettle of soup.
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It is Illegal to go whale fishing.
If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.
Lehigh
Doughnut holes may not be sold
Omaha
A man is not allowed to run around with a shaved chest.
Sneezing or burping is illegal during a church service.
Waterloo
Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7 A.M. and 7 P.M.
Nevada Crazy Law
It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your
property.
It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
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Clark County
An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm into the county illegal
unless it is registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In
order to register a handgun, however, it must be brought in to the police
station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on the weekends, but the police
may prosecute you at that time.
Elko
Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.
Eureka
Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
Nyala
A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other than
himself at any one period during the day.
New Hampshire Crazy Law
It is illegal to pick seaweed up off of the beach.
It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed name.
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Any cattle that crosses state roads must be fitted with a device to gather its
feces.
You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
You may not run machinery on Sundays.
You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music
in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.
White Mountain Nat. Forest
If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash,
building a bench for the park, or many other kind things without a permit,
he/she may be fined $150 for ''maintaining the national forest without a
permit''.
New Jersey Crazy Law
It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.
You may not slurp your soup.
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If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never again
apply for personalized license plates.
It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer.
On a highway you can not park under a bridge.
Car dealerships are forbidden from opening on Sunday.
You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full service
only.
Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street.
It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.
Bernards Township
It is illegal to frown as the town is a "Frown-Free Town Zone".
Caldwell
You may not dance or wear shorts on the main avenue.
Cranford
Citizens are not permitted to park their own boat on their lawn.
Cresskill
All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts.
Elizabeth
It is forbidden for a woman, on a Sunday, to walk down Broad Street without
wearing a petticoat.
Manville
It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals a the local zoo.
Newark
It is illegal to sell ice cream after 6pm, unless the customer has a note from
his doctor.
Ocean City
Pinball machines are not to be played on Sunday.
People may not slurp their soup.
Raw hamburger may not be sold.
Raritan
Profanity is prohibited.
Sea Isle City
There will be no boiling of bones on the property.
Trenton
Pickles are not to be consumed on Sundays.
You may not throw a bad pickle in the street.
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New Mexico Crazy Law
State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to
be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
Carrizozo
It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
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Las Cruces
You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street.
New York Crazy Law
The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
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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.
A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her
pocket.
While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while
looking toward the door.
A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
Carmel
A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
Greene
During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the
sidewalks.
New York
You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and
wiggling the fingers".
Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing."
Ocean City
It is illegal for men to go topless in the center of town.
It is illegal to eat in the street in residential neighborhoods, and the only
beverage you can drink on the beach is water in a clear plastic bottle.
Staten Island
It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in an effort to
curb "girlie behavior."
You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
North Carolina
Crazy Law
All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double
beds that are at least two feet apart. Making love in the space between the beds
is strictly forbidden.
If a man and a woman who aren't married go to a hotel/motel and register
themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
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It's against the law to sing off key.
Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically
impotent.
Barber
Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
Chapel Hill
It is a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate publicly.
Charlotte
Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times.
Elon College
There is to be no rollerblading during daylight hours, on the roads, or on the
bricks. All the sidewalks at this college are made of brick. (Repealed in 1998)
Forest City
You must stop and call City Hall before entering town in an automobile. This is
so the townspeople will have time to go out and hold their horses until you get
through town.
Greensboro
Restaurants "with on sidewalk dining" must post their menu so that it is clearly
readable from the sidewalk, but is not readable from the street.
Hornytown
Massage parlors have been banned.
Kill Devil Hills
You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars.
Rocky Mount
It is required that you must pay a property tax on your dog.
Southern Shores
It is against the law to rollerblade on a state highway.
North Dakota Crazy Law
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
It is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon
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Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
Fargo
One may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing a hat to
a function where dancing is taking place.
Ohio Crazy Law
It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
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It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever
you pass another car.
No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to
publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's
stand, you can be fined $25.00.
It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
Bay Village
It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
Bexley
Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot
machines in outhouses.
Clinton County
Any person who leans against a public building will be subject to fines.
Cleveland
It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!
Women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections
of their underwear.
Columbus
It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
Fairview Park
It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively". A grandmother was fined
for honking her horn twice at her neighbor.
Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for
removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
Ironton
Cross-dressing is against the law.
Lima
Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.
Lowell
It is unlawful to run a horse over five miles per hour.
Marion
You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
North Canton
It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
McDonald
Your goose may not paraded down Main Street.
Oxford
It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a
man's picture.
Paulding
A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
Toledo
Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
Strongsville
Catch 22 is banned.
Youngstown
Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.
You may not run out of gas.