Law Facts

In Quitman, Georgia, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

In France, it is legal to marry a dead person.

Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.

New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.

Alaska law prohibits hunters from shooting a moose on the same day they've spotted it from an airplane.

In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.

Oral sex was illegal in 14 US states under sodomy laws until 2003, when the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas decision invalidated all such laws nationwide.

About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!

Arkansas has an official law (Arkansas Code § 1-4-105) that specifies exactly how to pronounce the state's name, declaring that saying 'Ar-KAN-zas' is 'an innovation to be discouraged.'

It is illegal NOT to smile in Pocatello, Idaho!

It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!

In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.

In Missouri, anyone under 21 who handles household trash containing empty alcohol containers could technically be charged with illegal possession of alcohol under the state's broadly written possession laws.

It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas!

It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced!

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner!

It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland!

Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys!

In Idaho, You may not fish on a camel's back.

In 2011, Mortal Kombat was banned in Australia.

Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.

The United States does not have an official language.

Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!