OpenLaws API Documentation

All data (statutes, regulations, caselaw opinions) in OpenLaws are organized into jurisdictions. This allows you to scope searches and lookups to a specific state or federal jurisdiction (or both).

Laws represent a specific law type in a Jurisdiction. For example, Code of Federal Regulations belongs to the FED Jurisdiction and is represented by the law_key FED-CFR. Florida Statutes belongs to the FL Jurisdiction and is represented by the law_key FL-STAT. Note that case law and case opinions are represented as Opinions that belong to Courts and Jurisdictions rather than Laws.