Updated on February 2, 2026
The article lists 25 of the weirdest laws still on the books in the United States, highlighting bizarre and surprising examples of legal restrictions that vary by state or city. It opens by noting that some seemingly harmless acts—like pumping your own gas in Oregon—can technically be illegal in certain places.
The list includes unusual prohibitions such as it being illegal for four women to rent an apartment together, pets needing a ring in their nose to roam free in Detroit, donkeys sleeping in bathtubs, and laws against tickling women or driving a red car down a particular street.
The purpose is to explore odd and unexpected legal remnants that make readers question how such laws came to exist.[source]
