Old state laws...

[R13]

Found this site showing all the old/crazy state laws in the U.S., which still exist in a lot of states, pretty funny ones.


Bored.com - Dumb and Crazy Laws


Here's VA's...

• An old Virginia law was titled, "An Act to Prevent Corrupt Practices or Bribery by Any Person Other Than a Candidate."
• As in many towns, you need a permit to run a barbershop in Christiansburg, Va. But the wording of the town's law indicates that the permit will be revoked if you're caught operating without a permit.
• A Virginia law requires all bathtubs to be kept out in the yards, not inside the houses.
• Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
• Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.
• Culpeper: No one may wash a mule on the sidewalk.
• Dayton: A person of color may not be outside or within the city limits after 7 pm.
• Driving while not wearing shoes is prohibited.
• If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual relations.
• If you are intoxicated but not driving your car, but the person who is driving your car is intoxicated, both you and the driver can be charged with DUI in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
• In Christiansburg, Va., it's illegal to imitate a police whistle.
• In Christiansburg, Va., it's illegal to "spit, expectorate or deposit any sputum, saliva or any form of saliva or sputum."
• In Newport it's against the law to tickle a girl under her chin with a feather duster in order to get her attention.
• In Norfolk a woman can't go out without wearing a corset.
• In Radford, VA you are not allowed to spit, loogie, puke or urinate on the streets.
• In Richmond, Va., you must buy a license for 93 cents to sell song books on the street.
• In Richmond, Virginia it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to determine who buys a cup of coffee.
• It is illegal to sell peanut brittle on Sundays.
• It is illegal to spit on sidewalk.
• It is illegal to tickle women.
• Lebanon: It is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.
• Norfolk: 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 corset after sundown and be in the company of male chaperone.
• Not only is it illegal to have sex with the lights on, one may not have sex in any position other than missionary.
• Perhaps anticipating telemarketing, the town fathers of Albany, Va., have for years prohibited peddlers from using the telephone to either sell things or raise funds.
• Police radar detectors are illegal.
• Richmond: It is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for a coffee.
• Stafford County: It is legal for a man to beat his wife on the courthouse steps so long as it is before 8:00 pm.
• Swearing at someone over the phone in virginia is punishable by a $100 fine.
• There is a state law prohibiting "corrupt practices of bribery by any person other than candidates."
• There was once a law in Salem Virginia that made it illegal to leave home without knowing where you were going.
• Victoria: It is illegal to skate down the sidewalk of Main Street.
• Virginia Beach: 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: 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.
• You cannot buy hardware of any kind on Sunday.
• You cannot sell lettuce on Sunday, but you can sell beer, wine etc.
• You may not have oral or anal sex.
• You may not work on Sunday.


Just some others I thought were funny, haven't read em all so far...

Alabama -
It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.
Incestuous marriages are legal.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.


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


New Mexico -
Females are strictly forbidden to appear unshaven in public.

New York -
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.

In Tonawanda, New York homeless people may not start a fire in the park unless they intend to cook food.


North Carolina -
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.

Wyoming -
You may not take a picture of a rabbit during the month of June.

[Jason]

Nice! I had heard of some of those.

[R13]

Some are hilarious, read some more of them and found some others I thought were good ones lol....

Arkansas -
-A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.
-An Arkansas legislator not long ago proposed that the state provide growth hormones to dwarfs.
-Flirtation between the members of the opposite sex on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term.
-Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.


California -
- A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.
-In 1838, the city of Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring that a man obtain a license before serenading a woman.
-It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
-Los Angeles: It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent; You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time; You may not hunt moths under a street light; It is illegal to cry on the witness stand; Toads may not be licked; It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church (Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison);


Indiana -
-"Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal.
-A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
-Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, ****s or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.
-Bathing is prohibited during the winter.

Maine -
- After January 14th you will be charged a fine for having your Christmas decorations still up.
-In Maine, it is illegal to sell a car on Sunday unless it comes equipped with plumbing.
-Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.
-It's unlawful to tickle a woman's chin with a feather duster in Portland.


Tennessee -
-Any person crippling, killing or in any way destroying a proud biitch that is running at large shall not be held liable for the damages due to such killing or destruction.
-Dyersburg: It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
-It is legal to gather and consume road kill.
- Oneida: An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song "It Ain't Goin' To Rain No Mo'."


Texas -
-In Texas it's legal for a chicken to have sex with you, but it's illegal to reciprocate.
-It is legal to commit a homicide as long as you tell the person when, and how you are going to kill them.
-In Texas, sixteen-year old divorced girls are prohibited from talking about sex during high school extracurricular activities.
-You can be legally married by publicly introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times.

[Jason]

We can pick up road kill here in VA too.