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State Law

• 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.
• Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
• No person, with intent to defraud, shall operate a motor vehicle on any public street, road, or highway of this state knowing that the odometer of such vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional.
• It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
• It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
• The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
• Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
• Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
• It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
• It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
• No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
• A police office can write you a ticket for leavign your keys in your car. But relax he will leave you a note when you can come get your keys back so long as you can proove it's your car and your keys.
• No person while operating a motor vehicle shall fail to slow down and stop said vehicle when signalled to do so upon meeting or overtaking a horse-drawn vehicle or person on horseback and to remain stationary until such vehicle or person has passed, provided such signal to stop is given in good faith, under circumstances of necessity, and only as often and for such length of time as is required of such vehicle or person to pass, whether it is approaching from the front or rear.

Local Law

Bay Village

• It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.

Bexley

• Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.

Canton

• Electric fences are banned.
• If one loses their pet tiger, they must notify the authorities within one hour.
• Power Wheels® cars may not be driven down the street.
• It is a misdemeanor to play any game in a public park without the Superintendent's permission.

Cincinnati

• Anal intercourse is banned.

Cleveland

• Women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
• It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!

Clinton

• Any person who leans against a public building will be subject to fines.

Columbus

• It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.

Fairview Park

• 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 against the law to honk your horn "excessively". A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor.

Ironton

• Cross-dressing is against the law.

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.

North Canton

• It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.

Oxford

• It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.

Paulding

• A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.

Strongsville

• Catch 22 is banned.

Toledo

• Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.

Youngstown

• You may not run out of gas.
• Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.