Weird and Unusual American Laws

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Aaron89

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In the making of this thread i hope no American's or other people feel harmed by these laws or people comments on them.

I dont take credit for the laws, i have just made a thread to spread some of the humour i had.

Have fun reading and im sure some people will be shocked with some of the unsual laws that exist.


Alabama
~In jasper, it is illigal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.
~It is illigal to play Dominos on Sunday.
~Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

Alaska
~In Fairbanks, it is illigal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
~While it is legal to shoot bears, waking sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited

Arizona
~In Tucson, it is illigal for women to wear pants.
~In Globe, it is illigal to play cards in the street with a Native American.
~In Glendale, it is illigal to drive a car in reverse.
~In Nogales, it is illigal to wear suspenders.

Arkansas
~A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
~In Fayetteville, it is illigal to kill "any living creature".
~Flirtation between men and women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-Day jail term.

California
~In Pacific Groove, "molesting" butterflies can result in a $500 fine
~It is illigal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license
~In San Francisco, it is illigal to wipe one's car with used underwear

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

Connecticut
~It is illegal to dispose used razor blades.
~In New Britain, the speed limit for fire trucks is 25 m.p.h., even when going to a fire.
~In Hartford, it is illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday.

Florida
~In Miami, it is illegal for a man to wear any kind of strapless gown.
~Unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed.
~In Sarasota, it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.

Hawaii
It is illegal to appear in public wearing only swimming trunks.
It is illegal to own a mongoose without a permit.

Illinois
~In Chicago, it is illegal to take a French poodle to the opera.
~According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American".

Indiana
~Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend

Iowa
~State law forbids any establishment from charging admission to see a one-armed piano player.
~In Fort Madison, firemen are required to practice for 15 minutes before attending a fire.

Kentucky
~It is illegal to remarry the same man four times

Louisiana
~In New Orleans, fire trucks are required by law to stop at all red lights.
~It is considered ``simple assault'' to bite someone in New Orleans; it is "aggravated assault" if the biter has false teeth.
~It is against the law to gargle in public.

Maine
~In Waterville, it is illegal to blow one's nose in public.

Maryland
~In Halethorpe, it is illegal to kiss for more than one second.

Massachusetts
~In Salem, even married couples are forbidden from sleeping in the nude in rented rooms.
~It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.
~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

Michigan
~In Clawson, it is legal for a farmer to ``sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.''
~A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.
~In Detroit, it is illegal to make love in a car unless it is parked on your property.
~In Detroit, it is illegal to ``ogle'' a woman from a moving car.
~In Port Huron, the speed limit for ambulances in 20 m.p.h.
~Under state law, dentists are officially classified as ``mechanics.''

Minnesota
~Women may face up to 30 days in jail if they impersonate Santa Claus.
~In Minneapolis, double-parkers can be put on a chain gang.
~Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.
~It's illegal to tease skunks.

Mississippi
~In Truro, a would-be groom must ``prove himself manly'' prior to marriage by hunting and killing either six blackbirds or three crows.



[I shall finish the rest tomorow and Niko will kindly add the rest into my original post.]
 

kimmisc

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South Carolina's blue laws should make the list of most stupid laws. I can't even buy a hair bow before 1pm on Sundays.
 

Radar

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Old Laws, But I think they are still in the books. Boy would some of us be in trouble if they still enforced them. If my sister lived in Minnesota she would have spent 30 days in jail for the last 25 years for impersonating Santa Claus.
 

KnaveTO

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A coupleof Canadian ones


NATIONAL LAW
Every fifth song on Canadian radio must be by a Canadian born citizen.
You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.
Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.
Section 331 of the Canadian Criminal Code states that it is illegal to send a telegram or letter threatening a bird.
In Canada, It is illegal to leave your horse in front of the Country Squire without hitching it securely to the hitching post (and there still are hitching posts up here in Toronto... lol)

ALBERTA PROVINCIAL LAWS
Businesses must provide rails for tying up horses.
Wooden logs may not be painted.
You may never use dice to play craps.
If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL LAWS
It is illegal to kill a sasquatch.
The best place in Canada to be imprisoned - if you=re a bankrupt drunk - is B.C. A law there requires jailers to bring convicted debtors a pint of beer on demand.
Anyone interupting a meeting of the British Columbia Grasshopper Control Committee can be arrested

NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL LAWS
Driving on the roads is not allowed.

NOVA SCOTIA PROVINCIAL LAWS
When raining, a person may not water his/her lawn.

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL LAWS
The speed limit is 80 kph for cars, but bicyclists have the right of way.

QUEBEC PROVINCIAL LAWS
It is illegal to turn right on a red light at any time.
All business signs in the province of Quebec must be in French. If the business operator wishes to have English on the sign, the French must be at least twice as large as the English is. There are no laws governing the usage of other languages on signs. -Bill 101 (Passed 1976)

CITY LAWS:
Beaconsfield
It is considered an offense to have more than two colors of paint on your house.
You may not own a log cabin.

Calgary
In Calgary, it is unlawful to throw snowballs or set off firecrackers within the city, without the authorization of the mayor or City Council


Cobourg
If you have a water trough in your front yard it must be filled by 5:00 a.m.

Edmonton
All bicycle riders must signal with the arm before making a turn, and a bicycle rider must keep both hands on the handlebars at all times" in Edmonton
It is illegal for a man to drink with a woman in an Edmonton beer parlour in Alberta

Etobicoke
Bylaw states that no more than 3.5 inches of water is allowed in a bathtub.

Gananoque
Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow off of municipal sidewalks.

Guelph
The city is classified as a no-pee zone.

Halifax
no citizen is allowed to chop wood on the sidewalk.

Kanata
The color of house and garage doors is regulated by city bylaws (a purple door get you a fine). It is also illegal to have a clothes line in your backyard.
You can't work on your car in the street.

Montréal
The Queen Elizabeth Hotel must feed your horse freely when you rent a room.
You may not wash your car in the street.
You may not park a car in such a way that it is blocking your own driveway.
"For Sale" signs are not permitted in the windows of moving vehicles.
Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must be down to less than the width of a hand.
One's rear license plate may not be protected by glass or plastic.
You may not swear in French.
Citizens may not relieve themselves or spit on the street. Punishable by a fine of over 100 Canadian dollars.

Oshawa
It's illegal to climb trees.
Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow off of municipal sidewalks. If sidewalks is not cleaned within 24 hours after a snowfall, city workers will clean it and the cost will be placed on the homeowners tax bill. (Applies to most city jurisdictions in and around Toronto)

Ottawa
It is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.

Outremont
Not only do all exterior painting jobs require a permit (for color) but, for instance, the City went to Appeals Court over the exact type of division inside a window frame .

Saskatoon
It is illegal to try and catch fish with your hands in Saskatoon

Toronto
You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday.
Theater owners are forbidden to start a movie that will end after 2 am in Toronto
You are not allowed to saw wood on the streets, or wash your automobile in Toronto

Uxbridge
Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.

Wawa
You may not paint ladders, because if it is wet it is slippery.
It is illegal to show public affection on Sunday.


Windsor
You are not allowed to play a musical instrument in a park
 

FishyFry

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You can't help but wonder what prompted the making of some of those laws. Like...

Toronto - You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday.
In San Francisco, it is illigal to wipe one's car with used underwear.

:confused:
 

magakitty

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Cats in International Falls, Minnesota, are not allowed to chase dogs up telephone poles.

An ordinance in Belvedere, California, states "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash." Another misworded ordinance is this one from Arvada, Colorado: "If a stray pet is not claimed within 24 hours, the owner will be destroyed."

In Alaska, it is illegal to tie a dog to the roof of your car.

In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.

In Burns, Oregon, horses are allowed in the town's taverns, if an admission fee is paid before they enter.

You will be arrested if you paint your horse in Vermont.

Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, New York.

In Ohio, it is against the law to set a fire under your mule if it balks.

In Marshalltown, Iowa, a horse will be breaking the law if it eats a fire hydrant.

[SIZE=-1]You may not keep farm animals in your Minneapolis, Minnesota apartment unless it doubles as a barn.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]In Baltimore, Maryland, it's illegal to take a lion to the movies.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]A law in Detroit, Michigan, prohibits crocodiles from being tied to a fire hydrant. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]In Massachusetts, you will be ticketed if you drive with a gorilla in the backseat of your car.[/SIZE]


[SIZE=-1]In Tennessee, you can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile. Until recently, it was illegal to fish for whales off the coast of Oklahoma. Likewise in California, it is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]Speaking of whales, in Ohio you cannot do any whale fishing in any of the state's lakes, streams, or rivers on Sundays. In Oklahoma, whale fishing is specifically banned any day of the week in the state's inland waters.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]In Alaska, it is illegal to push a live moose out of a moving airplane. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1][SIZE=-1]No one may catch fish with his bare hands in Toltec, Colorado. And in Chicago, it is illegal to fish if you're in your pajamas.[/SIZE]

In Seattle, goldfish can ride the city buses in bowls only if they keep still.

It's against the law to get a fish drunk in Oklahoma.

Goldfish cannot be used as bait.

Muncie, Indiana, enacted a law where it is forbidden to carry fishing tackle into a cemetery.

Any "overt physical action" intended to frighten fish is prohibited in New York State.

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.

loony california laws

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.

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

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



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Aaron89

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Keep Posting people, if we can get some for a few countires may Niko will give it a sticky and tidy up the thread a bit too
 

Sovran

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I understand the tripping horses law - that is how they used to make horses "fall" in movies. They used something called a trip wire, which would often break the horse's leg. Now they train them, and yes, it is against the law to trip horses.
 

S.A.

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That whole "stick no bigger than his thumb" actually is an old English/European law; hence the "Rule of Thumb"
 
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