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Bizarre U.S. Laws: State-Specific Oddities

This document lists unusual laws from different states in the United States, including laws against harassing Bigfoot in Washington, eating fried chicken with anything other than your hands in Georgia, and selling plastic bags in California. Some other strange laws mentioned are bans on plastic bags in California, keeping couches on porches in Colorado, and wearing sleeveless shirts or bulletproof vests while committing crimes in other states.

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Bizarre U.S. Laws: State-Specific Oddities

This document lists unusual laws from different states in the United States, including laws against harassing Bigfoot in Washington, eating fried chicken with anything other than your hands in Georgia, and selling plastic bags in California. Some other strange laws mentioned are bans on plastic bags in California, keeping couches on porches in Colorado, and wearing sleeveless shirts or bulletproof vests while committing crimes in other states.

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You can be arrested or fined for harassing Bigfoot (Washington)


2. Chickens are not allowed to cross the road (Quitman, Georgia)
3. If you cut down a cactus, you could be sentenced to 25 years in prison (Arizona)
4. Policemen are allowed to bite a dog if they think it will calm the dog down (Paulding, Ohio)
5. It’s illegal to sell your eyeballs (Texas)
6. . It’s against the law to sing off-key (North Carolina)
7. You are not allowed to eat fried chicken any other way than using your hands (Gainesville, Georgia)
8. Marriage between cousins is against the law only if they are younger than 65 (Utah)
9. . It’s forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public (Carrizozo, New Mexico)
10. . You may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit (Wyoming)
11. You cannot buy meat of any kind on Sunday (Washington)
12. It’s illegal to attend a public event or use public transport within 4 hours of eating an onions or garlic (Indiana)
13. If you are found stealing soap, you must wash yourself until the bar of soap has been completely used up (Arizona)
14. If you have mustaches, it’s illegal for you to kiss a woman (Eureka, Nevada)
15. In California ... plastic bags are banned.
16. In Colorado ... it's illegal to keep a couch on your porch.
17. In Kansas ... tire screeching is banned.
18. In Kentucky ... a woman cannot marry more than three times.
19. in Louisiana ... it's illegal to send a surprise pizza. - a $500 fine
20. In Maryland ... sleeveless shirts are banned in public.
21. In Michigan ... don't even think about selling your vehicle on a Sunday.
22. In Minnesota ... dirty tires are banned.
23. In Montana ... it's illegal to give a rat as a present. - except as food for reptiles, birds of prey or both.
24. In Nevada ... it's illegal to sit on sidewalks.
25. In New Hampshire ... it's unlawful to pick up seaweed off the beach. - was used as fertilizer and was a hot commodity.
26. In New Jersey ... bullet-proof vests are banned while committing a crime.- Amended in
1999, it is illegalin the Garden State to wear a bullet-proof vest while you're breaking other laws
simultaneously. Every criminal is likely to be wearing a vest, but it's double the violation if
caught.
27. In New York ... slippers are banned after 10 p.m.
28. In North Dakota ... you can't shoot fireworks after 11 p.m.
29. In Ohio ... it's illegal to sell dyed chickens. - animal cruelty violations.
30. In Rhode Island ... it's illegal to race a horse on a highway.
31. In Vermont ... it's illegal for women to wear fake teeth without their husband's
approval.
32. In Virginia ... you can't go trick-or-treating if you're over 12 years old.

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