Top 10 Stupidest U.S. State Laws

The Top Ten
1 Pickles must bounce. (Connecticut)

Something tells me The Mayor from The Powerpuff Girls inspired this law...

Yes, this is real. Because some random people sold cucumbers marked as pickles, they made THIS law. Not like anyone cares.

2 No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.(Georgia)

Upcoming obvious question: Who the hell carries ice cream in their pockets?

3 The penalty for jumping off a building is death. (New York)

Well, you'll already be dead if you do.

I guess I'll have to parachute off the Empire State Building instead.

4 Advertisements may not be placed in cemeteries. (Maine)

Why would you place an ad in a cemetery in the first place?

5 No cannibalism. (Idaho)

This one is so obvious that it's dumb.

6 It's illegal for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs. (Arizona)

Then I will buy a horse or an elephant (if it's legal for them to sleep in bathtubs).

7 Moose may not be viewed from an airplane. (Alaska)

So you have to look away whenever moose are visible?

8 One-armed piano players must perform for free. (Iowa)
9 No faking your butter. (Iowa)

Well, I do hate fake butter (Blue Bonnet), but it's kinda ridiculous to make a law against it.

10 Those under 21 can drink legally, but they must be enrolled in a culinary program to do so. (Illinois)

This makes sense. If you want to learn how to cook certain foods, you HAVE to taste the ingredient (alcohol) to do so. That being said, a person who just wants to drink can enroll in a culinary program, so this is kinda stupid.

The Contenders
11 It is illegal to wear your boots to bed. (Oklahoma)

Haha, it's not like the police are going to show up to your house to see if you're sleeping with shoes on. You could easily get away with it.

12 You can't feed pigs garbage unless you have a special permit. (Arizona)
13 It is against the law to honk a car horn at a sandwich shop after 9pm. (Arkansas)
14 You may not step out of a plane in flight. (Maine)

Doing that would be a suicide attempt, though. And what if you die before they can punish you?

15 No riding a bicycle in a swimming pool (California)

Unsurprisingly, the stupid state of California made this ridiculous law which bans riding a bike in a swimming pool.

16 It's illegal to fart at 6:00 on Thursdays. (Florida)

I bet they police that very strictly and that there are very strict penalties for farting at this time!

AM or PM? Either way, why the most random time on the most random day?

17 Animals cannot mate within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship (California)
18 Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs (Arkansas)

Why would you keep an alligator in a bathtub?

19 You cannot ride a horse while drunk (Colorado)
20 It is illegal to ride a camel on the highway (Nevada)

Just casually goes to school on a camel...

21 You cannot hunt moose from an airplane. (Alaska)

How exactly can you hunt moose from a plane?

This goes well with the law that you can't look at moose in an airplane.

22 You Can't Make A Bad Face At A Dog (Oklahoma)
23 The Arkansas River can't rise higher than the Main Street Bridge in Little Rock (Arkansas)
24 Persons may not be drunk on trains. (Michigan)

You shouldn't really be drunk on any other types of public transport.

25 You Can't Hunt In Cemeteries (Oregon)

I'm sure that this also applies to all cemeteries in every state.

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