These Ridiculous Illinois Laws Technically Make You A Criminal
There are some very strange laws that you can still find on the books in Illinois, and maybe someday the government will finally get rid of them.
Weird Illinois Laws That Don't Seem Real
The law is a weird thing. Many of those regulations were made years ago, at different times. The government never took the time and effort to go back and change them. So if you go back to look them up, they are still on the books. Even though they make absolutely no sense whatsoever, don't worry, because those laws are no longer enforced by the police anymore because they are so outdated. It is funny to go back and look at them again to see how ridiculous they really are.
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According to Only In Our State Illinois...
Illinois has several bizarre and amusing laws that are still technically enforceable.
According to Hey Chicago...
Bizarre & Hilarious Chicago Laws That Somehow Still Exist
The following things are still illegal in Illinois...
- Making faces at dogs
- Giving your pet a cigar
- Eating in a burning building
- Taking a French Poodle to the opera
- Man with a mustache kissing a woman
- Fishing in your pajamas
- To give whiskey to dogs
- Mispronouncing Joliet as "Jolly-ette."
- Spitting on the sidewalk
- Before crowing, a rooster needs to be 300 feet from a residence
- Ownership cap on salamanders is $600 total
- Cardealerships open on Sundays
- Flying a kite on the street
- Bowling on a sidewalk
- Giving away a rat for a prize
- Being ugly in public
- Required to speak American
- Buy, sell, or possess slingshots
13 Stupid Illinois Laws
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