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| State | Section | Official heading | Topic | History note starts | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | AS 03.47.020 | Importation of bees | Animals | – | official text |
| Alaska | AS 16.05.822 | Transplanting of musk oxen | Animals | – | official text |
| Arizona | A.R.S. § 13-2927 | Unlawful feeding of wildlife; classification | Animals | – | official text |
| Florida | Fla. Stat. § 823.06 | Doors of public buildings to open outward | Public life | 1891 | official text |
| Florida | Fla. Stat. § 828.121 | Conduct of simulated bullfighting exhibitions | Animals | – | official text |
| Florida | Fla. Stat. 163.04 | Energy devices based on renewable resources | Home, yard and graveyard | – | official text |
| Iowa | Iowa Code § 716.9 | Stowing away | On the road and rails | – | official text |
| Kentucky | KRS 436.320 | Minor to furnish identification to play billiards or pool -- Owner of table to supply blank cards | Pranks and games | 1946 | official text |
| Kentucky | KRS 437.030 | Challenge to duel -- Accepting and delivering challenge | Public life | 1942 | official text |
| Kentucky | Ky. Const. § 228 | Oath of officers and attorneys | Public life | 1891 | official text |
| Louisiana | La. R.S. 14:208 | Operas, performance or representation without consent of owner prohibited; penalty | Odd jobs and trades | – | official text |
| Louisiana | La. R.S. 14:224 | Transportation of water from St. Tammany Parish prohibited; penalties | Farm, field and water | 1968 | official text |
| Louisiana | La. R.S. 14:312 | Jumping from state bridge for publicity prohibited; penalty | Public life | – | official text |
| Maine | 17 M.R.S. § 2801 | Spite fences | Home, yard and graveyard | – | official text |
| Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, § 61 | Groundhog of commonwealth | Official state things | 2014 | official text |
| Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 185I | Fortune tellers; license | Odd jobs and trades | – | official text |
| Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 14 | Spitting | Public life | – | official text |
| Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 86D | Pails of water and sand in buildings used for stables | Animals | – | official text |
| Michigan | MCL 750.58 | Horses; unhitching and driving away | On the road and rails | 1885 | official text |
| Michigan | MCL 750.290 | Imitation leather; boots and shoes | Odd jobs and trades | – | official text |
| Michigan | MCL 750.540a | Party line, emergency, defined; refusal to yield or surrender use of line; pretext; penalty | Party lines and telegraphs | 1952 | official text |
| Minnesota | Minn. Stat. § 1.1496 | State muffin | Official state things | 1988 | official text |
| Missouri | RSMo 196.150 | Sale of horse and mule meat prohibited except when labeled as such meat | Food and drink | 1919 | official text |
| Missouri | RSMo 578.176 | Bear wrestling — penalty | Animals | 1998 | official text |
| Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1306 | Unclean stock cars, railroads bringing into state; penalty | On the road and rails | 1977 | official text |
| Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1308 | Watering stock at private tank; unlawful; penalty; exceptions | Farm, field and water | 1977 | official text |
| Nevada | NRS 200.440 | Posting for not fighting; use of contemptuous language | Public life | 1911 | official text |
| Nevada | NRS 207.220 | Penalty for not closing gates | Farm, field and water | 1911 | official text |
| Nevada | NRS 235.085 | State artifact | Official state things | 1995 | official text |
| North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-309.14 | Beach bingo | Pranks and games | 1983 | official text |
| North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-363.1 | Living baby chicks or other fowl, or rabbits under eight weeks of age; disposing of as pets or novelties forbidden | Animals | 1973 | official text |
| North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-371 | Violating privacy of telegraphic messages; failure to transmit and deliver same promptly | Party lines and telegraphs | 1889 | official text |
| North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-380.1 | Bribery of horse show judges or officials | Animals | 1963 | official text |
| North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-380.4 | Printing Article in horse show schedules | Animals | 1963 | official text |
| North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-401.3 | Inscription on gravestone or monument charging commission of crime | Home, yard and graveyard | 1949 | official text |
| Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code 925.62 | Dying rabbits and chicks | Animals | – | official text |
| Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code 959.18 | Prohibition against killing a carrier pigeon | Animals | – | official text |
| Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code 4511.84 | Earphones or earplugs on operator prohibited | On the road and rails | – | official text |
| Oregon | ORS 811.200 | Carrying dog on external part of vehicle; penalty | On the road and rails | 1983 | official text |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code § 1-1-682 | Official state snack food | Official state things | 2006 | official text |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code § 16-11-590 | Destruction of sea oat or Venus's flytrap plants | Farm, field and water | 1961 | official text |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code § 16-11-600 | Notice of trespassing; purple paint | Farm, field and water | 1866 | official text |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code § 16-11-690 | Failure to return boat, flat or tool used for mining phosphate | Odd jobs and trades | 1900 | official text |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code 16-17-450 | Refusal to relinquish party telephone line for emergency call | Party lines and telegraphs | 1962 | official text |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code 16-17-670 | Record kept by dealers in crossties | Odd jobs and trades | 1962 | official text |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code 16-17-690 | Fortunetelling for purpose of promoting another business | Odd jobs and trades | 1962 | official text |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code 16-17-740 | Sale or possession of "cigarette load"; penalty | Pranks and games | 1983 | official text |
| United States | 18 U.S.C. § 336 | Issuance of circulating obligations of less than $1 | Odd jobs and trades | 1948 | official text |
| United States | 36 U.S.C. § 306 | National bird | Official state things | 2024 | official text |
| Vermont | 13 V.S.A. § 2013 | Painting or disguising horses | Animals | – | official text |
| Vermont | 13 V.S.A. § 3831 | Cutting ice and not fencing hole | Farm, field and water | – | official text |
| Virginia | Va. Code § 18.2-321 | Using X ray, fluoroscope, etc., in the fitting of footwear | Odd jobs and trades | 1950 | official text |
| Washington | RCW 9.46.0305 | Dice or coin contests for music, food, or beverage payment | Pranks and games | 1987 | official text |
| West Virginia | W. Va. Code § 20-2-4 | Possession of wildlife | On the road and rails | – | official text |
| Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. 97.18(4) | Oleomargarine regulations | Food and drink | 1971 | official text |
| Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. 134.35 | Time of filing endorsed on telegrams delivered | Party lines and telegraphs | – | official text |
| Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. 951.04 | Leading animal from motor vehicle | On the road and rails | 1973 | official text |
“History note starts” is the earliest year printed in the section's history note on the official page; a dash means the page prints none.
Every quote on this site was matched against its official page on October 14, 2026. Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.