search_us_statutes
Search the United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations by natural language query. Filter by title or corpus type to find federal statutes and regulations.
Instructions
Semantic search across the United States Code (USC) and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Use for federal statutory and regulatory questions: SEC (Title 17), FDA (Title 21), civil rights (Title 42), tax (Title 26), etc. Filter by corpusType ('USC' | 'CFR') and titleNumber. Returns sections with citation, title hierarchy, HTML/PDF/XML links. The returned act_id (e.g. 'USC_T42_C21_S1983') feeds get_us_statute_section_text for full text. Cost: 2 credits.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | Search query in natural language. | |
| corpusType | No | Restrict to one corpus. One of: `USC` (United States Code), `CFR` (Code of Federal Regulations), `STATE` (state statutes — 41 states currently ingested), `CONSTITUTION` (U.S. Constitution), `FEDERAL_RULES` (FRCP / FRCrP / FRE / FRAP / FRBP), `STATE_CONSTITUTION` (state constitutions, currently CA/VA/NC/WI), `STATE_RULES` (state court rules, currently CA), `EXECUTIVE_ACTION` (Federal Register Presidential Documents). Omit to search across all corpora. | |
| state | No | 2-letter state code (lowercase, e.g. `ca`, `tx`, `ny`) used to filter state corpora. Ignored when `corpusType` is `USC`, `CFR`, `CONSTITUTION`, `FEDERAL_RULES`, or `EXECUTIVE_ACTION`. | |
| titleNumber | No | Filter by USC/CFR title number (e.g., 17 for SEC, 42 for civil rights). Only meaningful for `USC`/`CFR`; ignored for state corpora whose titles are alphabetic (e.g. Texas `pe` = Penal Code). | |
| limit | No | Number of results to return. |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||