American State Laws Starting with Alabama

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 mustache that causes laughter in church.
-Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
-Incestuous marriages are legal.
-It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
-It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
-It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.
-You may not drive barefooted.
-Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
-Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
-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.
-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.
-Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex

Alambama City Laws

Anniston:
-You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.
Auburn:
-No person may spit on the floor of a church.
-It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area.
-Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may face up to five years in jail.
Huntsville:
-If an animal control officer is in uniform, it signifies to the public that he is an animal control officer.
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.
Linden:
-All women of "uncertain chastity" had to be off the streets by 9 p.m.
Mobile:
-It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.
-It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits.
-No one may use a 'funk ball' within the city limits.
-Bathing in city fountains is prohibited.
-No person within the city may possess confetti.
-It is illegal to spit orange peels on the sidewalk.
-'Spray String' is banned.
- Bicycles are banned from the interstate highways.
-If one wishes to read palms in the city, they must first pay $10 for a permit.
Montgomery:
-It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of it spooking horses. (Repealed)