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Core concepts

Response Fields

Which fields a section carries, which corpus each belongs to, and how to tell “not applicable” from “not held”.

FieldNotes
corpusTypeWhich body of law
actIdCanonical id
citation / citationShortFull and short citation
titleSection heading
state / federalJurisdiction markers
actStatusin_force, reserved, …

A field that is null can mean the concept does not apply to this corpus, or that the value is not held. The docs for each field say which.

Last modified on October 20, 2026

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