Resources
Below are some helpful, free resources that may be of assistance in finding answers to your legal questions. Information updated regularly, so check back often!
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Non-Public Resources
Google Scholar: Contains Legal Opinions, Journals and Articles for each state and U.S. Federal Courts: Go to http://scholar.google.com/ and select advanced options to particularize search.
MuniCode.com: Searchable database of municipal codes for municipalities within states: Go to http://www.municode.com.
State Related Resources
Administrative Code, Code of Alabama, Legislation and Constitution: Go to http://www.legislature.state.al.us/AlisHome.html.
Attorney General Opinions: Go to http://www.ago.state.al.us/opinion_search.cfm
Statutes, Legislation, Executive Orders and other helpful information: Go to http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/index.php.
Administrative Code: Go to http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/folioproxy.asp?url=http://wwwjnu01.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/aac.
Alaska Online Public Notice: Go to http://notes4.state.ak.us/pn.
Alaska Case Law Database Search: Go to http://government.westlaw.com/akcases/.
Recent Supreme Court Opinions: Go to http://courts.alaska.gov/sp.htm.
Recent Court of Appeals Decisions: Go to http://courts.alaska.gov/ap.htm.
Recent Supreme Court Memorandum Decisions: Go to http://courts.alaska.gov/smoj.htm.
Recent Court of Appeals Memorandum Decisions: Go to http://courts.alaska.gov/ap.htm.
Attorney General Opinions: Go to http://www.law.state.ak.us/doclibrary/opinions_index.html.
Alaska Court System: Go to http://courts.alaska.gov/aklegal.htm#akcases.
Arizona Revised Statutes, Constitution, Legislation, Session Laws and other helpful information: Go to http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp.
Arizona Administrative Code and Arizona Administrative Register: Go to http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/Table_of_Contents.htm.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.azag.gov/.
Arizona Judicial Branch: Contains recent opinions of Arizona Supreme Court and other helpful information. Go to http://www.azcourts.gov/Default.aspx?alias=www.azcourts.gov/Opinions.
Arkansas Code: Powered by LexisNexis. Search at top of page for free. Go to http://www.lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/arcode/.
Arkansas Rules and Regulations and Register: Go to http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/rules_and_regs/index.php/rules/search/new.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other helpful information. Go to http://www.ag.arkansas.gov/.
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Decisions: Go to http://courts.state.ar.us/opinions/opmain.htm.
Arkansas Securities Department Opinions: Go to http://www.securities.arkansas.gov/legal/opinions/.
California Law, Code of Regulations, Notice Register, Legislation, Constitution, Agencies and other helpful information: Go to http://www.oal.ca.gov/Default.htm.
Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Opinions: Go to http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions.htm.
Attorney General: Opinions and other helpful information. Go to http://ag.ca.gov/opinions.php.
Revised Statutes, Session Laws and other helpful information. Go to http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/colorado_revised_statutes.htm.
Code of Regulations and Register: Go to http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Welcome.do.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/ag_opinions/index.
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions: Go to http://www.cobar.org/ors.cfm.
Statutes, Legislation, Bill Tracking and other info: Go to http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/Statutes.asp.
Attorney General: Opinions and other information. Go to http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?a=2093&q=284590&agNav=|42249|.
Supreme Court and Appellate Court Opinions: Go to http://www.jud.state.ct.us/opinions.htm.
Delaware Code, Administrative Code, Laws of Delaware, Register and other information: Go to http://delcode.delaware.gov/.
Delaware State Court Opinions: Go to http://courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/.
Attorney General: Opinions and other information. Go to http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/office/opinions/opinions.shtml.
District of Columbia, Washington
Official Code and Legislative information: Go to http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/dcofficialcode.
Municipal Regulations and Register: Go to http://www.dcregs.org/.
District of Colombia Courts: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/index.jsp.
D.C. Court of Appeals: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.dcappeals.gov/dccourts/appeals/index.jsp.
D.C. Attorney General: http://oag.dc.gov/DC/OAG.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://occ.dc.gov/occ/site/default.asp?occNav=|31678|.
Statutes, Constitution, Laws and Legislature: Go to http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Tab=statutes&submenu=-1&CFID=170919663&CFTOKEN=93042418.
Florida Administrative Code and Administrative Weekly and other information: Go to https://www.flrules.org/default.asp.
Florida Court Opinions: Go to http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/index.shtml.
Attorney General: Opinions and information. Go to http://www.myfloridalegal.com/#.
Georgia Code: Powered by LexisNexis. Search for free at top of page. Go to http://www.lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/gacode/.
Rules and Regulations: Go to http://sos.georgia.gov/rules_regs.htm.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://law.ga.gov/00/channel_title/0,2094,87670814_87670957,00.html.
Supreme Court Opinions: Go to http://www.gasupreme.us/.
Hawaii Revised Statutes, Bill Status, Legislation and other information. Go to http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/.
Hawaii Administrative Rules: Go to http://hawaii.gov/ltgov/office/adminrules.
Attorney General Opinions and other information. Go to http://hawaii.gov/ag/main/publications/opinions/.
Appellate Court Opinions: http://www.courts.state.hi.us/opinions_and_orders/opinions/2010/index.html.
Statutes, Constitution, Administrative Code and Bulletin and Legislature: Go to http://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules.htm.
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions: Go to http://www.isc.idaho.gov/opinions/.
Attorney General: Opinions and other information. Click on Publications link. Go to http://www2.state.id.us/ag/index.htm.
Compiled Statutes, Constitution, Administration Rules, Register, Legislation and other information: Go to http://www.ilga.gov/.
Supreme and Appellate Court Opinions: Go to http://www.state.il.us/court/.
Attorney General Opinions and other information: Go to http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/index.html.
Statutes, Constitution, Administrative Code, Register, Legislation and other information: Go to http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/.
Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court Opinions: Go to http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click on “About the Office”. Go to http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/index.htm.
Iowa Code, Acts, Constitution, Administrative Code and Bulletin, and Legislation: Go to http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html.
Court Opinions and other Information: Go to http://www.iowacourts.gov/.
Attorney General Opinions and other information: Go to http://www.iowa.gov/government/ag/index.html.
Statutes, Constitution, Bills, Administrative Regulations, Register, Session Laws, Attorney General Opinions, Court Opinions and Legislation: Go to http://kslegislature.org/li/.
Revised Statutes, Administrative Regulations, Acts, Constitution and Legislation: Go to http://lrc.ky.gov/Law.htm.
Court Opinions and other information: Go to http://courts.ky.gov/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click on “Civil” tab. Go to http://ag.ky.gov/.
Louisiana Laws, Constitution, Administrative Code, Attorney General Opinions, Campaign Finance Opinions, Register, and other information. Scroll to bottom of page to see additional links. Go to http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/tsrssearch.htm.
Supreme Court Opinions and other information: Go to http://www.lasc.org/opinion_search.asp.
1st Circuit Court of Appeal: http://www.la-fcca.org/.
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals: http://lacoa2.org/.
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals: http://www.la3circuit.org/.
4th Circuit Court of Appeals: http://www.la4th.org/.
5th Circuit Court of Appeals: http://www.fifthcircuit.org/.
Revised Statutes, Constitution, and Session Laws: Go to http://www.maine.gov/legis/ros/meconlaw.htm.
State Agency Rules: Go to http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/rules.html.
Maine Judicial Branch: Opinions and other information: Go to http://www.courts.state.me.us/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click on “About Us”. Go to http://www.maine.gov/ag/index.shtml.
Maryland Statutes, Bills, Legislation and other information: Go to http://mlis.state.md.us/.
Maryland Regulations: Go to http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/comar.aspx.
Appellate Court Opinions: Go to http://www.courts.state.md.us/opinions.html.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.oag.state.md.us/index.htm.
Massachusetts Laws, Bills and Legislation: Go to http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws.
Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court Opinions: Go to http://www.mass.gov/courts/opinions/index.html.
Michigan Compiled Laws, Bills and Legislature: Go to http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(b0ycbcndc5x5dt45xxi4wa45))/mileg.aspx?page=home.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.michigan.gov/ag.
Michigan Courts: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://courts.michigan.gov/index.htm.
Statutes, Rules and Laws, Constitution and Legislature: Go to https://www.revisor.mn.gov/pubs/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click under Resources tab. Go to http://www.ag.state.mn.us/.
Minnesota Judicial Branch: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.mncourts.gov/?page=24.
Unannotated Code Search: Go to http://www.sos.state.ms.us/ed_pubs/MSCode/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.ago.state.ms.us/.
Judiciary: Contains opinions and other information. Select your Appellate Court in upper tab and to the far right select “decisions”. Go to http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/index.html.
Revised Statutes: Go to http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutesearch/.
Code of State Regulations, Rules and Register: Go to http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/csr.asp.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. See Research Center at bottom of page. Go to http://ago.mo.gov/.
Supreme Court Decisions: Go to http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1983.
Appellate Court Decisions: Go to http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1944.
Montana Code Annotated and Constitution: Go to http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/index.htm.
Montana Rules and Regulations: Go to http://mtrules.org/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.doj.mt.gov/default.asp.
Montana Court Opinions and other information: Go to http://courts.mt.gov/supreme/default.mcpx.
Revised Statutes, Bills, Legislature and UCC: Go to http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/laws/laws.php.
Administrative Code: Go to http://www.sos.state.ne.us/rules-and-regs/.
Nebraska Court Opinions and other information: Go to http://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/index.shtml.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.ago.state.ne.us/.
Revised Statutes, Constitution, Administrative Code, Register, City Charters, Legislature and Supreme Court Opinions: Go to http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Law1.cfm.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click “Publications” link. Go to http://ag.state.nv.us/main.htm.
Revised Statutes, Administrative Code, Court Rules and Constitution: Go to http://www.nh.gov/government/laws.html.
Judiciary Branch: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.courts.state.nh.us/index.htm.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Scroll “publications” link. Go to http://doj.nh.gov/index.html.
Statutes, Chapter Laws, Bills, Legislature and other information: Go to http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/.
Administrative Code and Register: Go to http://www.state.nj.us/oal/rules.html.
New Jersey Judiciary: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/index.html.
Attorney General: Contains helpful information. Go to http://www.state.nj.us/lps/.
Statutes and Legislature: Go to http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/statutes.aspx.
Administrative Code: Go to http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.nmag.gov/Default.aspx.
Laws, Bills, Chapters, Resolutions and Legislative information: Go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi.
New York code, rules and regulations and New York Register: Go to http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/nycrr.html.
New York Court Opinions: Go to http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/Decisions.htm.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.ag.ny.gov/home.html.
General Statutes, Bills, and Legislative information: Go to http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/Statutes/StatutesTOC.pl.
Administrative Code, Register and other information: Go to http://www.ncoah.com/rules/.
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions and other information: Go to http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/public/html/opinions.htm.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click on About Us then Legal Services to locate opinions. Go to http://ncdoj.gov/.
North Dakota Century Code, Constitution, Administrative Code, Bills, Resolutions and other Legislative information. Go to http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/statutes/cent-code.html.
Supreme Court Opinions and other information: Go to http://www.ndcourts.gov/.
United States District Court of North Dakota Opinions: http://www.ndd.uscourts.gov/opinions.html.
Attorney General: Opinions and other information. Go to http://www.ag.state.nd.us/.
Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code: Go to http://codes.ohio.gov/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click on Legal tab. Go to http://ohioattorneygeneral.gov/.
Supreme Court and Ohio Judicial System Opinions: Go to http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/ROD/docs/.
Statutes, Constitution and Legislature: Go to http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/.
Administrative Rules, Register and other information: Go to https://www.sos.ok.gov/Default.aspx.
Attorney General: Opinions and other information. Go to http://www.oag.state.ok.us/.
Oklahoma State Court Network: Go to http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/start.asp?viewType=LIBRARY.
Revised Statutes, Bills, and Legislative information: Go to http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/.
Administrative Rules and related information: Go to http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/rules.htm.
Attorney General: Opinions and other information. Go to http://www.doj.state.or.us/agoffice/index.shtml.
Judicial Department Court Opinions: Go to http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/.
Pennsylvania Code: Go to http://www.pacode.com/index.html.
Pennsylvania Bulletin: Contains statewide and local court rules, proclamations and executive orders, regulations, proposed rulemakings, Assembly actions and notices. Go to http://www.pabulletin.com/.
Unified Judicial Systems opinions and other information: Go to http://www.courts.state.pa.us/T/Commonwealth/CommonwealthOpinions.htm.
General Laws and Legislature: Go to http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/Statutes.html.
Rules and Regulations: Go to http://sos.ri.gov/rules/.
Judiciary of Rhode Island: Contains opinions and other information. http://www.courts.ri.gov/default.htm.
Attorney General: Contains helpful information. http://www.riag.ri.gov/.
Code of Laws, Code of Regulations, Constitution, Bills and Legislative resources. Go to http://www.scstatehouse.gov/index.html.
Attorney General: Opinions and other information. Go to http://www.scattorneygeneral.org/index.html.
Judicial Department Opinions and other information: Go to http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/.
Codified Laws, Constitution and Legislative Research: Go to http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/index.aspx.
Administrative Rules, Register and Legislative Research: Go to http://legis.state.sd.us/rules/index.aspx.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click on “The Office”. Go to http://atg.sd.gov/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click on “The Office”. Go to http://www.sdjudicial.com/.
Laws, Constitution, Rules and Regulations, Attorney General, Legislative and other information. Go to http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/laws/laws.html.
Tennessee Court System: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/index.htm.
Statutes and Constitution: Go to http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Index.aspx.
Administrative Code: Go to http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.ViewTAC.
Texas Courts Online: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.courts.state.tx.us/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to https://www.oag.state.tx.us/index.shtml.
Code, Constitution and Legislature: Go to http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/code.htm.
Administrative Code and State Bulletin: Go to http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code.htm.
Attorney General Opinions and information: Go to http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/my_mission.html.
Utah State Courts: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.utcourts.gov/.
Statutes Annotated: Go to http://www.michie.com/vermont/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=vtcode..
Legislative Information: Go to http://www.leg.state.vt.us/default.htm.
Vermont Judiciary.org: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/search/tcdecisioncvl.aspx.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.atg.state.vt.us/.
Code of Virginia, Administrative Code, Constitution, Bills, Bill Tracking, Resolutions, and Legislative Information. Go to http://leg6.state.va.us/.
Virginia Judicial System: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/home.html.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Click on Legal & Legislative Reference. Go to http://www.oag.state.va.us/.
Revised Code, Constitution, Administrative Code, Legislature and other information. Go to http://www.leg.wa.gov/LawsAndAgencyRules/Pages/default.aspx.
Washington Courts: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.courts.wa.gov/index.cfm.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.atg.wa.gov/.
Code, Bills and Legislative information. Go to http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/Code.cfm.
Code of State Rules: Go to http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/.
Supreme Court of Appeals Opinions: Go to http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/opinions.htm.
Attorney General: Contains helpful information. Go to http://www.wvago.gov/index.cfm.
Statutes, Constitution, Administrative Code, and Legislative information. Go to http://nxt.legis.state.wi.us/nxt/gateway.dll/?f=templates&fn=default.htm.
Wisconsin Court System Opinions and other information. Go to http://www.wicourts.gov/.
Legislative Reference Bureau: Contains statutes, code, attorney general opinions, court rules and other information: Go to http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/index.html.
Statutes, Constitution and Resolutions: Go to http://legisweb.state.wy.us/titles/statutes.htm.
Rules and Regulations: Go to http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rules/Rule_Search_Main.asp.
Judicial Branch: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://www.courts.state.wy.us/.
Attorney General: Contains opinions and other information. Go to http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/index.html.
Code of Federal Regulations: Go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html.
Regulations.gov: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!home.
GovTrack.us: Track federal legislation and search bills and resolutions. Go to http://www.govtrack.us/.
U.S. Constitution: Go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html.
U.S. Supreme Court: Go to http://www.supremecourt.gov/.
U.S. Code: Go to http://uscode.house.gov/.
Thomas Library of Congress: Contains Bills, Resolutions, Congressional Record, Treaties and other helpful information. Go to http://thomas.loc.gov/.
Federal Courts: use the U.S. Court locator to find federal courts in your state or jurisdiction. Once you locate the U.S. Court you can take a link to its website and view its opinions and other information. Go to http://www.uscourts.gov/court_locator.aspx.