Let’s take a trip to the Mountain State to find some weird laws!
Be Sure to take a stroll through the polls! Only two more states to go!
- Whistling underwater is prohibited
- When a railroad passes within 1 mile of a community of 100 or more people in it, they must build a station and stop there regularly to pick up and drop off passengers
- Roadkill may be taken home for supper
- It is illegal to snooze on a train
- A tax of 1 cent is levied for every 16 and 9 ounce containers of coke sold in a store
- A person may not hold public office if he or she has ever participated in a duel
- For each act of public swearing a person shall be fined one dollar
- Unmarried couple who live together and “lewdly associate” with one another may face up to a year in prison
- Any person who commits adultery shall be fined at least twenty dollars
- It is legal for a male to have sex with an animal as long as it does not exceed 40 lbs.
- A person may be placed in jail for up to six months for making fun of someone who does not accept a challenge
- According to the state constitution, it is unlawful for anyone to own a red or a black flag
- If you wear a hat inside a theater, you may be fined
- One may not walk a lion, tiger or leopard, even on a leash
- Huntington: Firemen may not whistle or flirt at any woman passing a firehouse
- Huntington: It is legal to beat your wife so long as it is done in public on Sunday, on the courthouse steps
- Nicholas County: No member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service
QOTN: What are your best theories to explain why these laws were made!
Sources: Forest Grove Strange Laws, Only In Your State WV, Hurherold Dumb Laws, CrowdSignal Polls
