Your Guide to US Laws that Just Don't Make Sense or You Can Call Crazy Laws!
Ohio

* According to Ohio law, it's against the law to kill a housefly within 160 feet of a church without a license.
* A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him. However, the reverse is not true, even if it's a police dog.
* Bay Village: It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
* Bexley: The installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses is prohibited.
* Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
* Cars are not allowed to scare horses in Centerville, Ohio.
* Cincinnati: Anal intercourse is banned.
* Cleveland: It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!
* Cleveland law forbids you to operate a motor vehicle while sitting in another person's lap.
* In Cleveland, Ohio, women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
* Clinton County: Any person who leans against a public building will be subject to fines.
* In Chillicothe, Ohio it is illegal to throw rice at weddings.
* Columbus: It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
* Fairview Park: It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively". A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor. Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
* Funeral jargon seems to have crept into the wording of a cemetery fee regulation in Norton, Ohio. There regular plots are $33, but "creamies" are $75.
* In Marysville, Ohio it is illegal for a dog to urinate on a parking meter.
* In the hippy-dippy late '60s, Youngstown, Ohio, briefly had a law making it illegal to walk barefoot through town.
* In ohio it is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi cab.
* In ohio it is illegal to run out of gas.
* In Ohio women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
* In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's stand, you can be fined $25.00.
* In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
* In Oxford, Ohio, it is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and face.
* In Xenia, Ohio, it's illegal to spit in a salad bar
* Ironton: Cross-dressing is against the law.
* It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
* It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
* It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
* It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
* It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
* It is legal to throw a snake at someone but it is illegal to shake a snake at someone.
* Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
* It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
* Lima: Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.
* Lowell: It is unlawful to run a horse over five miles per hour.
* Marion: You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
* McDonald: Your goose may not paraded down Main Street.
* No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
* Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
* Oxford: It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
* Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
* Paulding: A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
* Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.
* The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
* Toledo: Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
* You may not run out of gas.


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