What in the world is was going through the heads of lawmakers when creating these weird Illinois laws?! Should we even ask?  There are a lot of strange things about Illinois and these laws might take the cake. How many of these illegal things in Illinois are you guilty of without even knowing it? Prepare to laugh out loud at these insane but all-too-real laws.

1. In Normal, it is illegal to make faces at dogs.
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2. Wow! It’s apparently fine for boys in Mount Pulaski to throw snowballs, but against the law for girls to do it (Yikes!).
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3. In Bloomington it is illegal to feed the birds if you live a mile from downtown.
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4. It’s actually illegal to hang things from your rearview mirrors like fuzzy dice or even a car air freshener.
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5. Sorry, Fido. No person living in Galesburg may have a smelly dog.
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6. You’ll get a pretty nasty $1,000 fine if you even think about beating a rat with a baseball bat in Galesburg.
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7. In Kenilworth, a rooster must step back 300 feet from any residence if he wishes to crow.
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8. Bees are not allowed to fly over or through the village of Kirkland.
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9. What do you think you’re doing with those ice skates? In Moline, you are prohibited from ice-skating during June and August.
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10. It’s illegal to use a slingshot in Horner unless you are in law enforcement.
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11. In Evanston it is illegal to change clothes in your car with the curtains drawn unless there is a fire.
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12. In the Pullman area of Chicago it is illegal to drink beer from a bucket while sitting on the curb.
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13. In Peoria, baseball hoops may not be placed on a driveway.
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Now that you have been enlightened when it comes to the strangely illegal things in Illinois, you’ll now know how to be a good law-abiding citizen, right? Are there any asinine or weird laws in Illinois that we may have missed? Check out our first list of weird Illinois laws right here.

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