Weird Sex Laws From Around The World

Today we’re coming at you with some weird sex laws from the USA and from around the world! If you can imagine it, there’s probably a law forbidding it – including how many naughty objects you can own or the conditions for legally marrying a first cousin. Read on if you dare!


  1. Anniston, Alabama: If a woman loses a game of pool, it is illegal for her to settle her tab with sex.
  2. In Dubai, any sort of PDA, even a peck on the cheek, gets you 10 days of jail time for each person (but if you’ve been drinking it could be up to a year).
  3. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: It is illegal to have sex with a truck driver in a tollbooth.
  4. In Uruguay, If you get caught having sex with another man’s wife, it is totally within his rights to either kill both of you or to castrate the man and cut off the woman’s nose.
  5. Cottonwood, Arizona: Couples having sex in a vehicle with flat wheels will be fined. The fine will be doubled if the sex occurs in the backseat.
  6. In South Carolina: “seduction under promise of marriage” is a misdemeanor punishable with a fine or imprisonment for up to a year.
  7. In Estonia, sex requires your undivided attention. Looking at your phone during sex could land you in legal trouble.
  8. Newcastle, Wyoming: Couples are banned from having sex while standing inside a store’s walk-in meat freezer.

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  1. Nebraska: “No person who is afflicted with a venereal disease shall marry in this state.”  
  2. In Spain, it’s illegal to have sex on the beach (the act, not the drink). It could land you with a €75,000 fine.
  3. Oblong, Illinois: It’s punishable by law to have sex while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
  4. Bozeman, Montana. All sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown is illegal. If they’re nude.
  5. A Texas statute known as the Obscene Device Law declares it a crime to possess “six or more obscene devices or identical or similar obscene articles.” 
  6. In London, England you can’t have sex on a motorcycle.
  7. Connorsville, Wisconsin. It’s against the law for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner has an orgasm.
  8. In Sweden, taking full-frontal pics in a photo booth is a cardinal sin. This is funny because going topless is totally fine.
  9. Utah: Sex with an animal — unless performed for profit — is not considered sodomy and therefore is legal.
  10. In Hungary, sex is only legal in the dark.
  11. Oxford, Ohio: It’s illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man’s picture.
  12. In Utah, first cousins may legally marry only if they are at least 55 years old. And you can prove to a state judge that one of them cannot procreate.
  13. Minnesota: It is illegal for any man to have sexual intercourse with a live fish

Know any more strange sex laws? Share in the comments!

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