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State Law

• Dishes must drip dry.
• The "Peer Review Statute" prohibits you from finding out details of any written or oral discussion about your medical treatment. Not even a court of law can. All you can access is what the doctor or nurse voluntarily records in your chart.
• It is illegal to whisper "dirty" things in your lover's ear during sex.
• Ice cream may not be eaten on Sundays.
• It is illegal to buy or sell marijuana, but it is legal to smoke it on your own property.
• One may not bathe without wearing "suitable clothing," i.e., that which covers one's body from neck to knee.
• Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.
• You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full service only.

Local Law

Beaverton

• You must buy a $10 permit to be allowed to install a burglar alarm.

Eugene

• It is illegal to show movies or attend a car race on Sundays.
• It is legal to conduct a horse race or a symphony concert.

Hood River

• Juggling is strictly prohibited without a license.

Klamath River

• It's illegal to walk down a sidewalk and knock a snakes head off with your cane.

Marion

• Ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before delivering a sermon.

Myrtle Creek

• One may not box with a kangaroo.

Portland

• No one may attempt to cause someone to think that their property may be subjected to "offensive physical contact".
• Minors may not enter a room where a "social game" is being played.
• Trucks may not be parked on the street.
• Riders of sleds may not attach themselves to passing cars.
• Persons may not pass through a "traffic congestion thoroughfare" more than twice per night.
• It's against the law for a wedding ceremony to be performed at a skating rink.
• People may not whistle underwater.
• You cannot wear roller skates in restrooms.

Salem

• Women may not wrestle in Salem.

Springfield

• It is illegal to own a reptile within the city limits, unless you are a school or city, as a pet.

Stanfield

• It is against the law for animals to have sex in the city limits.
• Cloth towel dispensers are banned from restrooms.
• No more than two people may share a single drink.

Yamhill

• It is illegal to predict the future.