State Laws

Delaware - Kentucky


Delaware

  • In Delaware it is illegal to get married on a dare



  • Florida

  • Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal


  • Failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is illegal


  • In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal



  • Georgia

  • It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down


  • It is illegal in Georgia to use profanity in the presence of a corpse



  • Hawaii

  • In Hawaii it is illegal to get a tattoo behind your ear or on your eyelid unless in the presence of a registered physician


  • Honolulu: Within the limits of any public park, it is unlawful to annoy any bird



  • Idaho

  • It is illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds


  • If a police officer approaches a vehicle and suspects that the occupants are engaging in sex, he must either honk, or flash his lights and wait for three minutes before approaching the vehicle


  • Idaho Falls: If you're 88 years of age or older, it's illegal for you to ride your motorcycle



  • Illinois

  • state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts


  • Chicago: Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire; It is illegal to give a dog whiskey; Kites may not be flown within the city limits; Spitting is forbidden


  • Homer: It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law enforcement officer


  • Des Plaines: Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees


  • In Chicago it is also illegal to take a French poodle to the opera, and for women over 200 pounds (90 kilos) to ride horses in shorts


  • It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois


  • Normal: It is against the law to make faces at dogs


  • It is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American".



  • Indiana

  • All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads


  • Beech Grove: It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park


  • Elkhart: It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears


  • In Indiana it is illegal to sell laughing gas with the intent to induce laughter


  • You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table; the waiter or waitress has to do it



  • Iowa

  • Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants in Marshalltown, Iowa


  • One-armed piano players must perform for free


  • Ottumwa: Within the city limits, a man may not wink at any woman he does not know


  • The Iowa Legislature once passed a resolution ordering the state cafeteria to start serving cornbread



  • Kansas

  • In Topeka, Kansas, servers are forbidden to serve wine in teacups


  • In Kansas City, KS, saying the name "George Washington" without adding the phrase "blessed be his name," can land you with a fine of up to fifty cents


  • Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights


  • No one may catch fish with his bare hands in Kansas


  • Russell: Musical car horns are banned


  • Topeka: The installation of bathtubs is prohibited



  • Kentucky

  • A person can be sent to jail for five years for merely sending a bottle of beer, wine or spirits as a gift to a friend in Kentucky


  • By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground"


  • Frankfort, Kentucky, makes it against the law to shoot off a policeman's tie


  • In Kentucky every citizen of is required to take a shower once a year


  • It is illegal in Kentucky to marry the same man more than 3 times