Dumb Laws – A
By Jab0
Dumb Laws by Letter State — A C D F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas
Alabama
- It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
- Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
- It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
- Putting salt on a railraod track may be punishable by death.
- Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
- Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
- It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
- You must have windshield wipers on your car.
- You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
- Masks may not be worn in public.
- Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.
- You may not drive barefooted.
- It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
- It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
- Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
- Incestous marriages are legal.
- Anniston — You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.
- Jasper — It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.
- Lee County — It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.
- Mobile — It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits.
- It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.
Alaska
- Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.
- While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
- State policy states that emergencies are held to a minimum and rarely found to exist
- It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
- Fairbanks — It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
Arizona
- Hunting camels is prohibited
- Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony. This goes back in the days of the Wild West.
- There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
- Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
- When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.
- It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.
- You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
- Glendale — Cars may not be driven in reverse.
- Globe — Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American.
- Hayden — If you bother the cottontails or bullfrogs, you will be fined.
- Maricopa County — No more than six girls may live in any house.
- Mesa — It is illegal to smoke cigarettes within 15 feet of a public place unless you have a Class 12 liqueur license.
- Mohave County — A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up.
- Nogales — An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders.
- Prescott — No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house.
- Tucson — Women may not wear pants.
- Tombstone — It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.
Arkansas
- The Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
- Arkansas must be pronounced “Arkansaw”
- A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.
- A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
- Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.
- Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.
- A voter is only allowed five minutes to mark his ballot.
- Fayetteville — It is illegal to kill “any living creature”.
- 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 vechicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9:00 P.M.