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America's Craziest Laws
America's Craziest Laws
America's Craziest Laws
# You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
Alaska
# While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of
taking a photograph is prohibited.
Arizona
# A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
# Maricopa County: No more than six girls may live in any house.
# Mohave County: A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must
wash himself with it until it is all used up.
Arkansas
# A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.
# Little Rock: Dogs may not bark after 6 PM.; Flirtation between men and
women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term; It is
unlawful to walk one’s cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday; No
person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or
sandwiches are served after 9:00 P.M. -Little Rock City Code Sec. 18-54
# The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River
can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
California
# A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who
detonates a nuclear device within city limits.
# Alhambra: You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the
proper permit.
# Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern,
school, or place of worship.
# A regulation in San Francisco makes it unlawful to use used underwear to
wipe off cars in a car wash.
# Blythe: You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already
own at least two cows.
# In California it’s against regulations to let phones ring more than nine times
in state offices.
# In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt
or strap, but the belt can’t be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife’s
consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the
event, as is carefully stipulated.
# In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same
time.
# In Riverside, California, kissing on the lips, unless both parties wipe their
lips with carbonized rose water, is against the local health ordinance.
(Someone needed to be kissed!)
# In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex
without a permit.
# It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
# Long Beach: Cars are the only item allowed in a garage; It is illegal to curse
on a mini-golf course.
# Riverside: One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1
o’clock.
# San Diego: It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar; The
owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may
be fined up to $250.
# San Jose: It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord. 7.08.595
# Santa Monica: You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
# The city of San Francisco holds a copyright on the name “San Francisco.” It
is illegal to manufacture any item with the name without first getting
permission from the city. Since the Supreme Court upheld the copyright, San
Francisco has had an annual $300 million surplus every year.
Colorado
# Denver: The dog catcher must notify dogs of impounding by posting, for
three consecutive days, a notice on a tree in the city park and along a public
road running through said park; It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to
your next-door neighbor; It is illegal to mistreat rats; You may not drive a
black car on Sundays.
# In Colorado it’s now legal to remove the furniture tags that say, “Do Not
Remove Under Penalty of Law.”
# Logan County: It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.
# It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol
except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
Connecticut
# Hartford: You aren’t allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands
# New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going
to a fire.
# You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
Delaware
# Delaware prohibits horse racing of any kind on Good Friday and Easter
Sunday.
# In Delaware you may not sell dead people for money without a license.
# It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient
supplies of food and drink.
D.C.
# A D.C. federal judge has ruled that begging is a form of free speech
protected by the Constitution. That means that mugging is free speech too,
only more persuasive.
# It is unlawful for small boys to throw stones, at any time, at any place in
the District of Columbia.
# The U.S. government says it’s a crime to give false weather reports.
Florida
# Florida prohibits topless walking or running within a 150 foot zone between
the beach and the street.
# Florida law forbids rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa Bay.
# If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid
just as it would for a vehicle.
# Sarasota: If you hit a pedestrian you are fined $78.00; You may not catch
crabs.
# Tampa Bay: It is illegal to eat cottage cheese on Sunday after 6:00 P.M.
# Women can be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer. The salon owner
can also be fined for this horrible crime.
Georgia
# A Kennesaw, Ga. law makes it illegal for every homeowner not to own a
gun, unless you are a convicted felon, conscientious objector or disabled.
# Atlanta: Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp;
One man may not be on another man’s back.
# In Georgia, movie houses that want to show films on Sunday must reserve
one showing a month for religious material.
# Marietta: Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit
from a truck.
# Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the
state assembly is in session.
# Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
Hawaii
# Honolulu: Within the limits of any public park, it is unlawful to annoy any
bird.
# It used to be the law in Hawaii that children had to obey all “lawful and
moral” commands of their parents.
# It’s illegal for a shooting gallery to offer liquor as a prize. The shooter might
want to come back after drinking the prize and try again.
# You will be fined if you do not own a boat.
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 car.
# Idaho Falls: If you’re 88 years of age or older, it’s illegal for you to ride your
motorcycle.
# Idaho and other states allow members of the Native American church to
use the hallucinogenic plant peyote in religious services.
Illinois
# A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master,
not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
# Galesburg: There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.
# Homer: It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law
enforcement officer.
# If the Rushville, Ill., city council doesn’t have a quorum, those sent can
have the cops go out and arrest absent members and bring them to the
meeting.
# In Illinois it is illegal for barbers to use their fingers to apply shaving cream
to a customer’s face.
# In Illinois, it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and
other domesticated animal kept as pets.
# 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.
# In Zion, it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other
domesticated animals kept as pets.
# It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana,
Illinois.
# It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under
seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
# It’s not clear what this has done to the bar business, but a law in Chicago,
makes it illegal to serve liquor to the feeble-minded.
# Kenilworth: A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any
residence if he wishes to crow; Hens that wish to cackle must step two
hundred feet back from any residence.
# Kirkland: Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through any of
Kirkland’s streets.
# Moline: Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June and
August is prohibited; There is a ban on unnecessary repetitive driving on 23rd
Avenue.
# Pullman: It is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb;
It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe’s neck; It is legal to protest
naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age
and have legal permits.
# Take some elocution lessons if you’re going to Joliet, Ill., where it’s against
the law to mispronounce the city’s name. Offenders can be fined up to $500.
# The people in Manteno, Ill., do not want used facial tissue, period. Hence,
you cannot “throw, drop or place” a used hankie “upon any public way or
public place or upon the floor of any convenience or upon the floor of any
theater, hall or assembly or public building or upon the surface or any lot or
parcel of ground or on the roof on any building or in any light or air shaft,
court or areaway.”
# You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill
on your person.
Indiana
# A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in
Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.
# All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads.
# Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.
# Citizens are not allowed to attend a cinema or theatre nor ride in a public
streetcar within at least four hours after eating garlic.
# Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.
# Evansville: While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.
# Fort Wayne: You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record “It’s
In the Book”.
# 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.
# In Indiana it is illegal to sell laughing gas with the intent to induce laughter.
# Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other
humans.
# One man may not back into a parking spot because it prevents police
officers from seeing the license plate.
# Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail
lights.
# You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table; the waiter or
waitress has to do it.
# You can get out of paying for a dependent’s medical care by praying for
him/her.
Iowa
# In Dubuque any hotel in the city limits must have a water bucket and a
hitching post in front of the building.
# In Fort Madison the fire department is required to practice fire fighting for
fifteen minutes before attending a fire.
# Indianola: The “Ice Cream Man” and his truck are banned.
# Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes.
# 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.
# Warn your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn’t allowed to
take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with you — or holding
you in his arms.
# You may shoot Native Americans if there are more than five of them on
your property at any one time.
Kansas
# If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other
has passed.
# 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.
# Lawrence: All cars entering the city limits must first sound their horn to
warn the horses of their arrival. No one may wear a bee in their hat.
# Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap pistols;
they may buy shotguns freely, however.
# The state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks.
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.
# A Kentucky statute says: “No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any
highway within this state unless she is escorted by at least two officers or
unless she be armed with a club.” Later, an amendment proposed: “The
provisions of this statute shall not apply to any female weighing less than
sixty pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds; nor shall it apply to female horses.”
# Any person who appears on any highway, or upon the street of any city
that has no police protection, when clothed only in ordinary bathing garb,
shall be fined no less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.” –
KRS 436.140
# Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile in connection
with any religious service or gathering shall be fined not less than fifty dollars
($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). -KRS 437.060 (Passed 1942,
from Ky. Stat. sec. 1267a-1.).
# By law, anyone who has been drinking is “sober” until he or she “cannot
hold onto the ground”.
# Each year, the mayor of Danville, Ky., must appoint “three intelligent
housekeepers” to the Board of Tax Supervisors.
# Frankfort, Kentucky, makes it against the law to shoot off a policeman’s tie.
# In Danville, Ky., it’s illegal to throw slops or soapsuds in the street.
# In Kentucky, according to an old law, it’s illegal to use any kind of reptile in
a religious service. It’s not certain if the law would withstand First
Amendment scrutiny today.
# It is illegal to shoot game out of the window of a moving vehicle, with the
exception of a whale
# It’s illegal to fish in the Ohio River in Kentucky without an Indiana Fishing
License.
# Owensboro: A woman may not buy a hat without her husband’s permission.
One may not receive anal sex. All bees entering Kentucky shall be
accompanied by certificates of health, stating that the apiary from which the
bees came was free from contagious or infectious disease. -KRS 252.130
(Passed in 1922; Repealed in 1948)
Louisiana
# An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special
license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
# Biting someone with your natural teeth is “simple assault”, while biting
someone with your false teeth is “aggravated assault”.
# Communism has been against the law in Haines City, La., since 1950.
# If you’ve ever been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, you’ll see the kings and
queens on the various floats throwing plastic money, medallions and jewels
to the crowd, but not food. It’s against the law to throw food from a float in
the Mardi Gras festivities.
# It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water
pistol.
# It illegal for a woman to drive a car unless her husband is waving a flag in
front of it.
# It’s legal to walk down the street with a drink in New Orleans, even to drive
with a drink. But if you fall over and block the sidewalk, you’ve just broken
the law.
# Louisiana law prohibits couples who are shopping for a new bed from
putting it to the “ultimate test”– in other words, from trying it out by making
love on it, or even simulating this activity.
# Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
# Rituals that involve the ingestion of blood, urine, or fecal matter are not
allowed.
# Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely
locked.
# Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi
during their shifts.
Maine
# After January 14th you will be charged a fine for having your Christmas
decorations still up.
# In Augusta to stroll down the street playing a violin is against the law.
Maryland
# Baltimore City: Though you may spit on a city roadway, spitting on city
sidewalks is prohibited. You may not curse inside the city limits.
# Columbia: You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet
you can have a 25′ satellite dish. Though clotheslines are banned, clothes
may be draped over a fence.
# Gypsies should steer clear of Caroline County, Md., where it’s a $100 fine
or six months in the can for “forecasting or pretending to foretell the future.”
# In Baltimore it’s illegal to block the sidewalk with a box. But the offense
only carries a $1 fine. Another law makes it illegal to throw bale of hay (or of
anything else) out a second-story window. That gets you a $20 fine. In
Baltimore it’s illegal to play professional croquet before 2 p.m. Sunday. The
law also applies to professional quoits.
# Ocean City: A law from the early 1900′s prohibits men from going topless
on the Boardwalk. Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited
# You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can
have a 25′ satellite dish.
# You cannot throw a bail of hay out of a second story window in Annapolis.
Massachusetts
# A Boston mayor who disliked dancing and liked to retire early once banned
midnight dancing in the Hub City.
# An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special
license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
# Boston: It is illegal to play the fiddle. Two people may not kiss in front of a
church. No more than two baths may be taken within the confines of the city.
No one may cross the Boston Common without carrying a shotgun in case of
bears. Anyone may let their sheep and cows graze in the public
gardens/commons at any time except o Sundays. It is illegal to eat peanuts in
church. An old law prohibits the taking of baths on Sunday. Duels to the
death permitted on the common on Sundays provided that the Governor is
present. Women may not wear heels over 3 inches in length while on the
common. No one may take a bath without a prescription. It is illegal for any
citizen to own more than three dogs.
# Both Massachusetts and New Hampshire had old laws that penalized
gamblers who lost money. You’d get fined in Massachusetts if you had any
money left.
# Hingham: You may not have colored lights on your house if it can be seen
from Main Street. Only white lights may be visible. If you live on Main Street
and want to paint your house, the colors must be approved by the historical
society.
# Hopkinton: Though horses and cows are allowed on the common, dogs are
prohibited.
# In a law that predates returnable bottles and cans, it’s illegal in Boston to
rummage through rubbish containers.
# In Boston, it’s illegal to cut firewood in the street, or shoot a bow and arrow
in the street.
# In Boston it’s against the law to keep manure in a building unless the
building is being used as a stable. If it is, you can keep up to two cords of
manure. If you’re overstocked, you need a permit to move the stuff. And you
can’t leave it in the street.
# In Provincetown, Mass., it’s illegal to sell suntan oil until after noon on
Sunday.
# It’s illegal to allow someone to use stilts while working on the construction
of a building.
# It’s illegal to keep a mule on the second floor of a building not in a city
unless there are 2 exits.
# It’s illegal to sell fewer than 24 ducklings at a time before May 1, or to sell
rabbits, chicks, or ducklings that have been painted a different color.
# Newton: All families must be given a hog from the town’s mayor.
# Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely
locked.
# Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi
during their shifts.
# There is a Massachusetts law requiring all dogs to have their hind legs tied
during the month of April.
# Under an old law in Marblehead, Mass., it was illegal to cross the street on
Sunday, unless absolutely necessary.
Michigan
# A Michigan law states that a wife’s hair legally belongs to her husband.
# A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s
permission.
# Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as
he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
# In Clawson, Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer to sleep
with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
# It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
# It’s illegal in Michigan for a person under the age of 21 to give a gift of
alcohol beverage to anyone, even to a person of legal age.
# Under an 1889 law, the health officer of East Jordan, Mich., could send any
nonresident with an infectious disease back to where he came from, as long
as the person could travel. If not, the officer could rent a house for use as a
pest house.
# You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.
Minnesota
# A Blue Earth, Minnesota, law declares that no child under the age of twelve
may talk over the telephone unless monitored by a parent.
# A Minnesota tax form is quite thorough. Some would say too thorough. It
even asks for your date of death.
# A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.
# A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s
permission.
# Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as
he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
# Clawson: There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his
pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
# Grand Haven: No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any
street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense.
# It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
# No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions,
or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife so requests, law
mandates that he must brush his teeth.
# Rochester: All bathing suits must have been inspected by the head of
police. Smoking while in bed is illegal.
# There is a 10 cent bounty for each rat’s head brought into a town office.
# Wayland: Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of
3 cents per day.
# You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.
Kalamazoo: It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend.
Mississippi
# Columbus: The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually
shooting it.
# It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single
session.
# Oxford: It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in
a single session. One may not spit on the sidewalks on the square. Motor
vehicles on the square are prohibited. Horn honking is not permitted as it
might scare horses.
Missouri
# Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing
even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal
possession of alcohol in Missouri.
# Buckner: In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any
day except Sunday.
# Children can buy shotguns in Kansas City, Missouri… but not toy cap guns.
# In St. Louis, it’s illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer
from a bucket.
# In St. Louis, a law on the books makes it illegal to park your car without
turning off the engine. This was to avoid scaring horses.
# It’s illegal to sit on any street curb in St. Louis, Missouri, and drink beer
from a bucket.
# Kansas City: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they
may buy shotguns freely. Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling
animal paws is prohibited.
# Marceline: Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
# Marquette: It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the
same dwelling (The Brothel Law).
# Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
# Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap pistols;
they may buy shotguns freely, however.
# St. Louis: It’s illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from
a bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when
beer was served in buckets. A milk man may not run while on duty.
# University City: Four women may not rent an apartment together.
Montana
# Bozeman has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the
opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown — if they’re nude.
# Seven or more Indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal
to shoot them.
# It is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex in any other position other
than missionary style. In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing
alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
# Excelsior Springs: Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.
# A parent can be arrested if her/his child cannot hold back a burp during a
church service.
# In the fine state of Nebraska, it is not legal for a tavern owner to serve beer
unless a nice kettle of soup is also brewing.
# It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously
brewing a kettle of soup.
# The owner of every hotel in Hastings is required to provide each guest with
a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may
sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing
one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.
# Waterloo: Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7 A.M. and 7
P.M.
Nevada
# A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other
than himself at any one period during the day.
# Clark County: An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm into the
county illegal unless it is registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Department. In order to register a handgun, however, it must be brought in
to the police station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on the
weekends, but the police may prosecute you at that time.
# Elko: Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.
# Eureka: Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
# In Eureka, Nevada men who have mustaches are forbidden from kissing
women.
# In Las Vegas, Nevada: It’s against the law to pawn your dentures.
# In Las Vegas you can bet on any team–except The University of Nevada at
Las Vegas.
# In Nevada until the 1960s it was illegal to sell liquor at religious camp
meetings, within a half-mile of the state prison, in the State Capitol Building
or to imbeciles.
# In the old days in Nevada a man caught beating his wife was tied to a stake
for eight hours a day with a sign that read, “Wife Beater” fastened to his
chest.
# It’s illegal in Nevada to have a “house of ill fame” within 400 yards of a
church or school.
# It’s still “legal” to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
# Nyala: A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people
other than himself at any one period during the day.
New Hampshire
# Any cattle that crosses state roads must be fitted with a device to gather
its feces.
# In New Hampshire you are prohibited from pawning the clothes off your
back to pay off gambling debts.
# New Hampshire law forbids you to tap your feet, nod your head, or in any
way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
# You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
New Jersey
# Caldwell: You may not dance or wear shorts on the main avenue.
# Cranford: Citizens are not permitted to park their own boat on their lawn.
# Cresskill: All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts.
# If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never
again apply for personalized license plates.
# In Berkley Heights you may not walk your cattle on the street on Sunday.
# It’s illegal in New Jersey for parents to give their children under the age of
18 even a sip of alcohol.
# It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.
# It’s also illegal in this state to throw a bad pickle on the street.
# Newark: It is illegal to sell ice cream after 6pm, unless the customer has a
note from his doctor.
# Ocean City: People may not slurp their soup. Pinball machines are not to be
played on Sunday. Raw hamburger may not be sold.
# Trenton: You may not throw a bad pickle in the street. Pickles are not to be
consumed on Sundays.
# Unless you have a doctor’s note, it’s illegal to buy ice cream after 6 PM in
Newark, New Jersey.
# You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full
service only.
New Mexico
# In Albuquerque, New Mexico it is illegal for cab drivers to reach out and pull
potential customers into their cabs.
# In Carlsbad it’s legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during
their lunch break from work, as long as the car or van has drawn curtains to
stop strangers from peeking in.
# In recent years, several efforts have been made to legalize camel racing
and ostrich racing in New Mexico, but to no avail. Those bills were defeated,
but the legislature recently allowed gambling on bicycle races.
# Las Cruces: You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street.