25 Random Laws
Persons may not allow “attractive nuisances” to exist.
Alaska, Soldotna, United States
Though it is illegal to produce, store, sell and trade absinth (special alcohol), it is legal to consume it.
Switzerland
A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow.
Illinois, Kenilworth, United States
You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.
Canada
Texas, United States
If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices.
Indiana, United States
Every time a person is seriously burned, he must report the injury to the fire marshal.
Louisiana, United States
Airplanes may not be landed in city parks.
Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States
Any person who participates in a duel may not hold any public office in the state.
Tennessee, United States
It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
Bay Village, Ohio, United States
It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
Nebraska, United States
In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
Connecticut, United States
Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.
Indiana, United States
Elephants are not to be taken into the downtown area.
Oklahoma, Tulsa, United States
In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday.
Buckner, Missouri, United States
It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.
United Kingdom
Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.
Oklahoma, United States
You may not run out of gas.
Ohio, United States, Youngstown
At one time, margarine was illegal.
United States, Wisconsin
It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel.
Pennsylvania, United States
A license is required to purchase a television set.
South Africa
It is illegal to own a reptile within the city limits, unless you are a school or city, as a pet.
Oregon, Springfield, United States
It’s statutory rape for a man over 18 to have sex with a female under the age of 18, provided she’s a virgin.
Oklahoma, United States
One may not walk a lion, tiger or leopard, even on a leash.
Alderson, United States, West Virginia
You may only have one child, or you will have to pay a fine.
China