State Law and Government

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Multistate Information

Drafts of Uniform Commercial Acts from the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
Uniform Commercial Code from the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
Council of State Governments
National Center for State Courts
Court Statistics Project from the National Center for State Courts
National Conference of State Legislatures
NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources
State Capitals -- Highlights from their newsletters covering state legislation across the nation
State Statutes on the Net from the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School - links to state constitutions, statutes, and bills, plus laws on particular subjects.
Municipal Codes freely available on the Internet, from Seattle Public Library
Municipal Codes from Municipal Code Corporation
Municipal Codes from American Legal Publishing
State Tax Departments for 47 states, with tax forms

Individual States

Alaska: State of Alaska Home Page; State Constitution; Minutes of the State Constitutional Convention; State Legislature; Alaska Statutes; Alaska Statutes; Alaska Administrative Code; Alaska Administrative Code; Alaska Supreme Court Opinions 1991-98; Alaska Court of Appeals Opinions 1991-98; Alaska Judicial Council; Alaska Court Rules; U.S. District Court, District of Alaska; Alaska Bankruptcy Law Information; Alaska Bar Association; The Alaska Legal Resource Center

Arizona: State of Arizona; Arizona Revised Statutes; Arizona Legislature; Arizona Judicial Branch

Arkansas: Arkansas Code; General Assembly; Arkansas Judiciary - Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions from January 1996, forward.

California: California State Government; Official California Legislative Information from the Legislative Counsel of California - bills, Codes, Constitution, statutes (session laws); California Ballot Propositions; California Ballot Propositions; California Law Revision Commission; California Code of Regulations; Judicial Branch - includes slip opinions from the Supreme Court and the District Courts of Appeal issued during the last 60 days; Los Angeles Daily Journal

Colorado: Colorado Constitution; Colorado State Government Information; Colorado Revised Statutes; Colorado General Assembly - bill digest, status, House and Senate Journals; Colorado Courts; Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; Supreme Court Advance Sheets and Court of Appeals opinions from the Colorado Bar Association; Colorado Bar Association; Colorado Public Utilities Commission

Connecticut: State of Connecticut; Connecticut General Assembly - includes bill text and status reports; Judicial Branch - slip opinions are available only through their BBS; Connecticut Bar Association

Delaware: Delaware State Government; Delaware Supreme Court; Delware General Assembly - bill tracking and bill text; Delaware Code; Attorney General Opinions; Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA

District of Coumbia: Washington DC home page; District of Columbia Code courtesy of Lexis Publishing

Florida: Florida Courts; Florida Legislature - bills, members, committees, calendars, statutes and Constitution; Florida Government Agencies; Florida Government Information Locator Service

Georgia: GO Georgia Online Network - official State of Georgia home page; Georgia General Assembly; Georgia Supreme Court - recent certioraris, summaries of decisions, court rules, and more.

Hawai'i: Hawai'i State Government; The Judiciary - administrative information and directory, but no slip opinions or court rules.
Hawaii State Legislature - the Status of Documents page has bill status reports, bill text, committee reports, and the Revised Statutes; Hawaii State Bar Association; Nation of Hawai'i Home Page

Idaho: Idaho Code; Idaho Courts; Idaho Code, Legislation, Agency Rules (Administrative Code and Bulletin)

Illinois: State of Illinois home page; Constitution of the State of Illinois; Illinois General Assembly - full text of bills, public acts, and the Illinois Compiled Statutes; Researching Legislative History by the Legislative Reference Bureau; Illinois Legislative History from the U of I Urbana-Champaign; Illinois School Laws courtesy of Lexis Law Publishing; Illinois Court Reports (PrairieNet); Recent Illinois Court Opinions from the Reporter of Decisions; Illinois Administrative Code - from the Joint Committee on Administative Rules; Illinois Register - From the Illinois Secretary of State; Business Services from the Illinois Secretary of State's Office -- corporate name availability search, incorporation forms; Illinois Pollution Control Board - includes their opinions and orders; A Call for Action, the Final Report of the Illinois State Justice Commission, June 1996.; Illinois State Bar Association - Court bulletin, Legislative bulletin, section newsletters and more; Chicago Bar Association; Illinois Family Law from DivorceNet; Illinois ACLU; Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE); ISBA Legislative Report - published weekly while the General Assembly is in session; Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC); Illinois Department of Revenue - Tax Forms and instructions; City of Chicago Home Page; Chicago City Ordinances - including the Landlord-Tenant Ordinance; Municipal Code of Chicago from American Legal Publishing

Indiana: Indiana State Government; Indiana General Assembly - bill tracking (fee based service), Constitution, Code; Indiana Courts
Judicial Opinions Archive; Indiana Code - from Access Indiana

Iowa: Iowa Government; Code of Iowa; Iowa General Assembly

Kansas: Information Network of Kansas (INK) - Governor and State Agencies; Legislative Information - bills, calendars, journals, members; Kansas Judicial Branch; Legal ResearchLinks - Kansas - from the University of Kansas Law Library

Louisiana: Info Louisiana
Judicial Branch; Louisiana Supreme Court; Louisiana Legislature

Maine: State of Maine Home Page; Judicial Branch; Legislature

Maryland: Maryland Electronic Capital - links to state agencies; Maryland Judiciary - court directry, slip opinions.; Maryland General Assembly; Maryland State Law Library

Massachusetts: The Social Law Library has Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decisions from 1937 to date and Appeals Court decisions from 1972 to date. New slip opinions are posted the day they are released.; Massachusetts Government; Massachusetts Court System (no slip opinions); General Laws; Massachusetts General Court (Legislature); Massachusetts Family Law from DivorceNet

Michigan: State of Michigan Home Page; Constitution; Legislature; Michigan Compiled Laws; Michigan Administrative Code; Judicial Branch; State Bar of Michigan - news, ethics opinions, and court opinions; ICLE Online - Michigan Supreme Court opinions, court rules, selected new public acts, forms; Michigan Appellate Defenders Office

Minnesota: Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals - new slip opinions released weekly; Finance & Commerce, a Minnesota legal newspaper, has full text of state court decisions and summaries of selected federal court decisions.; North Star - Minnesota Government Information and Services; Minnesota State Legislature - bills, bill tracking, calendars, journals, Statutes and session laws - maintained jointly by the House and Senate, Legislative Reference Library, and the Office of Revisor of Statutes

Mississippi: Mississippi State Government; Mississippi Supreme Court; Legislature; Bill Status; Mississippi Lawyers World Wide Web Domain - Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions, court rules, the Mississippi Code ($249/year) and more; US District Court for the Northen District of Mississippi slip opinions

Missouri: Missouri State Government Web; Missouri Constitution; Missouri General Assembly - member information, bill tracking; Revised Statutes; Courts; Supreme Court

Nebraska: Nebrask@ Online - official State web page; Constituttion; Nebraska Unicameral (Legislative Information); Nebraska Statutes; Appellate Court; Department of Revenue; Nebraska State Bar Association

New Hampshire: State of New Hampshire; Constitution; Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) (under construction 4/26/98); General Court (Legislature); New Hampshire Courts; Supreme Court - court rules, slip opinions

New Jersey: New Jersey Judiciary; New Jersey Cases; New Jersey Administrative Law Decisions; Constitution; New Jersey Legislature; Statutes; Chapter Laws; New Jersey Law Revision Commission; New Jersey Law Network

New Mexico: State of New Mexico Government Information; New Mexico Statutes courtesy of Lexis Law Publishing; 1996 Legislation Locator; New Mexico Administrative Code courtesy of Lexis Law Publishing


New York: New York State; New York State Assembly; Voters Guide to the New York State Constitutional Convention Referendum from the New York Law Journal; New York Court of Appeals: The Official History courtesy of the New York Law Journal - includes summary of 150 years of leading decision; New York Court of Appeals opinions 1994- from Cornell Law School; The LII Bulletin-NY, a service of the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, delivers New York Court of Appeals opinions by email to subscribers; New York State Assembly - Legislative Information, laws; New York State Senate; New York State Bar Association

North Carolina: North Carolina Government; North Carolina Courts; Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; General Assembly - search bills, statutes

North Dakota: North Dakota State Government; Constitution; Century Code; Bill information; Legislative Council; Supreme Court

Ohio: Ohio State Government; Judicial Branch; Supreme Court of Ohio; Legislative Branch; Ohio Laws - Ohio Revised Code, Session Laws

Oklahoma: State of Oklahoma; Judicial Branch; Supreme Court; Oklahoma State Courts Network - search and validate Oklahoma cases; Oklahoma Legal Documents - cases, statutes, bill information, court rules, jury instructions, etc.; Legislature; Search Oklahoma Statutes and Constitution

Oregon: State of Oregon Government Resources; Constitution; Revised Statutes; Admiministrative Rules; Legislature - bill information

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Government; Constitution; Pennsylvania General Assembly; Pennsylvania Code; Bill information; Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes; Pennsylvania Courts; Pennsylvania Legal Research Web Sites - from Duquesne University; Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Pennsylvania Family Law from DivorceNet

South Carolina: State Government; South Carolina Legislature; Legislative Information Systems; South Carolina Supreme Court Opinions from the Univeristy of South Carolina Law Center; South Carolina Bar Association

South Dakota: State of South Dakota; South Dakota Codified Laws and Constitution; South Dakota Codified Laws courtesy of Lexis Law Publishing

Tennessee: State of Tennessee; Tennessee Code courtesy of Lexis Law Publishing; Tennessee Bar Association

Texas: State of Texas Government Information; Texas Constitution; Texas Statutes; Texas Legislature Online; Texas Judiciary Online; Office of the Texas Attorney General; Texas Administrative Code; Texas Register; Texas Ethics Reporter - Legal Ethics Opinions; State Bar of Texas

Utah: Utah Code and Constitution; Utah Legislature; Utah State Court System; State of Utah, Government Information Access; Utah State Tax Commission

Vermont: State of Vermont home page; Vermont Government and Library Information - Vermont Dept. of Libraries; Legal Decisions - Supreme Court and agency decisions; General Assembly

Virginia: Virginia Government; Virginia Judicial Branch; Virginia Court System; Code of Virginia, bill information, and Administrative Code; Office of the Attorney General; Virginia Family Law from Divorcenet

Washington: Washington State Courts; Washington State Legislature; Revised Code and Agency Rules; TVW - unedited television coverage of Washington state government deliberations; Washington State Bar Association; Washington Family Law

Wisconsin: Wisconsin State Government; Wisconsin Legislature - Constitution, statutes, acts, administrative code, history and text of bills; Wisconsin Courts; The Wisconsin Bar Association - recent court and agency decisions, local court rules

Wyoming: Ferret - State of Wyoming Home Page; Wyoming State Legislature; Wyoming State Courts

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Free sources of state court decisions, constitutions, codes, bill information, administrative codes, and selected other sources. For Illinois, free sources of information for Cook County and the City of Chicago are included.

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