Note: All cited laws are real and currently in effect, and have been verified for authenticity by practicing attorney Nathan Belofsky, Esq., the world's leading authority on strange laws.

• In the State of Iowa, it’s illegal for parents to have their deformed children exhibited in a circus.
• In Iowa, lard cannot include windpipes, ears or blood.
• In Iowa, it’s a crime to catch more than 48 frogs in one day.
• In Iowa, surfing while drunk is against the law.
• In Iowa, it’s illegal for children under ten to shine shoes.
• In Iowa, bear-baiting is against the law.
• In Iowa, it’s a crime to charge for use of a public toilet.
• In Iowa, cloning humans is strictly forbidden.
• In Iowa, sparrows cannot be used for target practice, except while training a hunting dog.
• In Iowa, it’s a misdemeanor for a restaurant to serve margarine without posting a warning.
• In Iowa, it’s illegal to own a bushbaby.
• In Iowa, it’s a crime to molest or disturb a beaver dam.
• In Iowa, it’s illegal to hunt with ferrets.
• In Iowa, hitchhiking is against the law.
• In Iowa, hazing a college student is a crime.