All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart. Making love in the space between the beds is strictly forbidden.

If a man and a woman who aren’t married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.

It’s against the law to sing off key.

Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.

A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.

Barber
Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.

Chapel Hill
It is a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate publicly.

Charlotte
Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times.

Elon College
There is to be no rollerblading during daylight hours, on the roads, or on the bricks. All the sidewalks at this college are made of brick. (Repealed in 1998)

Forest City
You must stop and call City Hall before entering town in an automobile. This is so the townspeople will have time to go out and hold their horses until you get through town.

Greensboro
Restaurants “with on sidewalk dining” must post their menu so that it is clearly readable from the sidewalk, but is not readable from the street.

Hornytown
Massage parlors have been banned.

Kill Devil Hills
You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars.

Rocky Mount
It is required that you must pay a property tax on your dog.

Southern Shores
It is against the law to rollerblade on a state highway.