Dumb Oklahoma Laws
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 Oklahoma, it’s a crime to imply a woman’s want of chasity.
- In Oklahoma, “it is here now found to be a fact that there exists an International Communist conspiracy”.
- In Oklahoma, blaspheming God is a crime.
- In Bartlesville, Oklahoma, “annoying vibrations” are against the law.
- In Oklahoma, having a morbid propensity to commit crime is no defense.
- In Oklahoma, holding a duel is against the law.
- In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to use the name of God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost to imprecate divine vengeance upon the utterer.
- In Oklahoma, you need a permit to feed swine.
- In Oklahoma, possessing more than a pound of mercury without a permit is against the law.
- In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, it’s illegal to sell a stink bomb.
- In Oklahoma, swearing is punishable by a one dollar fine.
- In Oklahoma, it’s a crime to enter a racehorse under a false name.
- In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to conceal the birth of a child that would be a bastard.
- In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to break into a prison.
- In Oklahoma, refusing to leave the legislative chambers is a crime.
- In Oklahoma, the family of a murder victim may during trial wear a 4 inch button showing his or her face.
- In Oklahoma, female genital mutilation is a crime.
- In Oklahoma, an adulterer can get five years in prison.
- In Oklahoma, the buying or selling of children is prohibited.
- In Oklahoma, razzle and the alibi game are banned at carnivals.
- In Oklahoma, betting on an election is a crime.
- In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, it’s illegal to sell a stink bomb.
- In Oklahoma, it’s against the law to trip a horse.
- In Oklahoma, Sabbath-breaking is a crime.
- In Oklahoma, fortune telling or the use of any subtle craft is a crime.
- In Oklahoma, train conductors must break up gambling games aboard trains.
- In Oklahoma, pyramid schemes are illegal.
- In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to attach or arrest a dead body to collect a debt.
- In Oklahoma, spreading a false rumor to affect prices is a crime.
- In Oklahoma, wrestling a bear is unlawful.
- In Oklahoma, opening someone else’s letter is a crime.
- In Oklahoma, it’s a crime to disturb a salamander in a cave.
- In Oklahoma, the use of spurious coins in a vending machine is a crime.
- In Oklahoma, no person shall take more than 15 bullfrogs in one day.
- In Oklahoma, using a yo-yo to fish is against the law.
- In Oklahoma, it’s a crime to drive over a laid out fire house.
- In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to adulterate antifreeze.
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