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What are some strange laws your state has?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    In New Jersey, it's illegal to grow a chicken in a bottle.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    In New York, it's against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.

    The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

    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.

    It is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    in knox county tn a animal controll law is..if a dog is a barker they wont come out unless the dog has been baeking 30 minutes NON stop not even to get a drink. It is the worst las cause we have a neighbor dog who will go on for 10 to 15 minutes 2 to3 times an hour

  • 2 decades ago

    In Ma there are some of the wierdest blue laws:

    forbiding oral sex

    At a wake, mourners may eat no 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.

    Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.

    All men must carry a rifle to church on Sunday.

    Hunting on Sundays is prohibited.

    It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.

    A woman can not be on top in sexual activities.

    No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.

    Tattooing and body piercing is illegal.

    Children may smoke, but they may not purchase cigarettes.

    Tomatoes may not be used in the production of clam chowder.

    Quakers and witches are banned.

    Bullets may not be used as currency.

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  • 2 decades ago

    My town still has laws about spitting on a public sidewalk & walking around without a shirt. Other laws in my state:

    The Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.

    A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.

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

    Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.

    Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs

  • 2 decades ago

    In Kentucky, it's illegal to walk down the street with an ice cream cone in your back pocket. Apparently there was a problem with people using ice cream to steal horses. Since the horse industry is such a big moneymaker here in KY, they passed the law. The amazing thing is that it's still on the books.

  • 2 decades ago

    The local laws are the strangest. The state has some fairly strict environmental laws. California.

  • 2 decades ago

    In Texas there is a law that allow a husband to attach a man caught cheating with his wife. I read this in a magazine some where.

  • 2 decades ago

    VIRGINIA

    It is illegal to copulate in any poisition except missionary.

    Co-habitating by a unmarried couple is a felony.

    Illegal for a women to have her head below the dashboard in a car.

    A woman can't go out without wearing a corset.

    It is illegal to engage in sexual activity with the lights on.

    You may not have oral or anal sex.

    Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.

    Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.It is illegal to tickle women.

    No animal may be hunted for on Sunday with the exception of raccoons, which may be hunted until 2:00 AM.

    Culpeper, VA

    No one may wash a mule on the sidewalk.

    Dayton, VA

    A person of color may not be oustide or within the city limits after 7 pm.

    Fredrick, VA

    Any person who owns a pool risks a $2500 fine for not closing the gate to the pool when they get done swimming in it.

    A special license is required for persons wishing to sell such items as tableware and coins.

    Norfolk, VA

    Spitting on a sea gull is not tolerated.

    A man may face 60 days in jail for patting a woman's derriere.

    Women must wear a corsette after sundown and be in the company of male chaperone.

    Prince William County, VA

    No person may keep a skunk as a pet.

    It is illegal to cuss about another.

    It is illegal to park a car on railroad tracks.

    Richmond, VA

    It is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for a coffee.

    Stafford, VA

    It is legal for a man to beat his wife on the courthouse steps so long as it is before 8:00 pm.

    Victoria, VA

    It is illegal to skate down the sidewalk of Main Street.

    Virginia Beach, VA

    If you are drunk and not driving your car, and the person who is driving the car is drunk as well, you may both receive DUI's.

    It is illegal for a person to ride on the handlebars of a bike.

    It is illegal to use profanity on Atlantic Avenue or the boardwalk.

    It is also unlawful to drive by the same place within 30 minutes on Atlantic Avenue.

    Waynesboro, VA

    It is illegal for a woman to drive a car up Main Street unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag.

  • 2 decades ago

    A recently passed anticrime law in Texas 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...

  • 2 decades ago

    well we have laws against drinking and driving which really suck then your not allowed to drive on suspended license ur not allowed to slap your old lady thats domestic violence and you cant walk into a bank and take some drinkin money and the dumbest law of all is your not allowed to beat a dumb cops *** and all cops are idiots

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