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law.us.statutes.browse

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key: sk_live_…

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Optional. A retry with the same key returns the stored result.

Maximum string length: 255
Pramaan-Max-Price-Micro
string

Optional. The most this request may be priced at, in micro-USD (a whole number above 0). It replaces the capability's own price ceiling for this request, lower or higher. Sources that could cost more are left out; when none is left the answer is 400 with the lowest limit that would work.

Pattern: ^[1-9]\d{0,14}$

Body

application/json
corpusType
enum<string>
required

Which body of law: statutes, regulations, court rules and so on, as the coverage list names them.

Available options:
USC,
CFR,
STATE,
REGULATION
actStatus
string

List only sections carrying this status, e.g. 'repealed'. One of: abolished, deleted, expired, in_force, inactive, non_precedential, not_funded, not_yet_effective, omitted, proposed, recodified, recom.

Required string length: 1 - 512
chapter
string

Chapter identifier to drill into (USC and state codes).

Required string length: 1 - 512
code
string

State code identifier to drill into, e.g. 'tx_pe' — the identifier returned by browsing corpusType=STATE with a state.

Required string length: 1 - 20000
excludeRepealed
boolean

Leave out sections whose status is affirmatively dead. A section with no recorded status is kept.

part
string

Part identifier to drill into (CFR).

Required string length: 1 - 512
state
string

Two-letter US state code; leave out for federal law.

Required string length: 1 - 512
titleNumber
integer

USC or CFR title number to drill into.

Required range: 0 <= x <= 1000000

Response

The result

results
object[]
required

The matching items.

nextCursor
string

Pass as cursor to get the next page; absent on the last page.