Legal Resources for Other States

Administrative Law Sources by State

Administrative Rules, National Association of Secretaries of State
(http://www.administrativerules.org/administrative-rules)
--Provides administrative rules by state including the responsible agency (home page), the Register, the code and the guidance document produced to assist rule writing agencies (Manual).

State Administrative Regulations
(http://www.llsdc.org/state-leg/)
-- Provides links to all 50 states and correlating registers, administrative codes, and administrative manuals, if available online.

Case Law Sources by State (includes state court sources)

Cases from Findlaw
(http://www.findlaw.com/casecode)
-- Provides ability to search state case law.  Coverage for each states' courts included in introductory paragraph.  Search full text, by party name, by court, or by docket number.

State Court Websites from the National Center for State Courts
(http://www.ncsc.org/information-and-resources/browse-by-state/state-court-websites.aspx)
--Provides links to judicial branch websites for each state, focusing on the administrative office of the courts, the court of last resort, any intermediate appellate courts and each trial court level.

State Court Structure Charts from the National Center for State Courts' Court Statistics Project (CSP)
(http://www.courtstatistics.org/state_court_structure_charts)
--The court structure chart summarizes in one-page diagrams the key features of each state court's organization.

Legislative Sources by State

Codes from Findlaw
(http://www.findlaw.com/casecode)
-- Provides links to state legislative websites including links for bills, where available.

Listing of States by Jurisdiction from Cornell's Legal Information Institute
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing)
--Provides links to state constitutions, state statutes, bills and legislature websites.

LLSDC's State Legislative Sourcebook (Law Librarians Society of Washington D.C.)
(http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/)
-- This web site provides links to state legislatures, state laws and state regulations, as well as phone numbers for state governmental offices.

Municipal Law Sources by State

Municipal Codes from the Municipal Code Corporation
(http://www.municode.com/Library)
--Provides the text of state municipal codes.  Searching multiple states at once requires a subscription.

Uniform State Laws

Uniform State Laws
(http://www.uniformlaws.org)
-- This web site contains full-text access to the National Conference Commission on Uniform State Laws databases which are searchable by title, state, committee or archive.

Uniform Commercial Code Locator from Cornell's Legal Information Institute
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/ucc)
--Links to state statutes that correspond to Articles of the UCC.  Includes links for locators for the Uniform Probate Code, the Uniform Code of Evidence, and uniform laws in the areas of: (1) matrimonial, family and health and (2) business and finance.

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