List of U.S. state statutory codes explained
This is an incomplete list of statutory codes from the U.S. states, territories, and the one federal district.
Most states use a single official code divided into numbered titles. Pennsylvania's official codification is still in progress.
California, New York, and Texas use separate subject-specific codes (or in New York's case, "Consolidated Laws") which must be separately cited by name. Louisiana has both five subject-specific codes and a set of Revised Statutes divided into numbered titles. The Maryland Code was formerly divided into numbered titles, but was recodified into subject-specific articles which must be cited by name.
State
or federal district | Statutory code(s) | Date adopted | Notes | External link |
|---|
| | 1975 | | Code of Alabama |
| | 1962 | | Alaska Statutes |
| | January 9, 1956 [1] | | Arizona Revised Statutes |
| | 1987 | | Arkansas Code |
| | Various | The state of California has 29 statutory codes. | California Law |
| | | | Colorado Revised Statutes |
| | 1958 | From the Code of 1650 to the Revision of 1958 (revised to January 1, 2017), 16 complete revisions have been done. From 1918 to 1972, revision updates were carried out by means of supplements.[2] | General Statutes of Connecticut |
| | 1953 | | Delaware Code |
| | | Originally published in 1857 by A. O. P. Nicholson, Public Printer, as The Revised Code of the District of Columbia, prepared under the Authority of the Act of Congress, entitled "An act to improve the laws of the District of Columbia, and to codify the same," approved March 3, 1855. | District of Columbia Official Code |
| | | | Florida Statutes |
| | | | Georgia Code |
| Hawaii Revised Statutes | | | Hawaii Revised Statutes |
| | | | Idaho Statutes |
| | | ILCS; replaced Illinois Revised Statutes (Ill.Rev.Stat.) of 1874 | Illinois Compiled Statutes (Background) |
| | | | Indiana Code |
| | | | Merged Iowa Code and Supplement |
| | | | Kansas Statutes |
| | | | Kentucky Revised Statutes |
| | | | Louisiana Revised Statutes |
| | | | Maine Revised Statutes |
| | In stages from 1973 to 2016 | Gradually replaced the 1957 code | Maryland Code |
| | 1920 | Replaced the "General Statutes" in 1920; currently updated via session laws referred to as chapters within yearly acts (i.e., Chapter 75 of the Acts of 1986). | Massachusetts General Laws |
| Michigan Compiled Laws | | | Michigan Compiled Laws |
| | | | Minnesota Statutes |
| | | | Mississippi Unannotated Code |
| | | | Missouri Revised Statutes |
| | | | Montana Code Annotated |
| | | | Nebraska Revised Statutes |
| | | | Nevada Revised Statutes |
| | | | State of New Hampshire Revised Statutes |
| | | | New Jersey Statutes Annotated |
| | 1978 | Replaced the 1953 compilation. Published by the New Mexico Compilation Commission | New Mexico Statutes Unannotated |
| | 1909 | | Consolidated Laws of New York |
| | | | North Carolina General Statutes |
| | | | North Dakota Century Code |
| | | | Ohio Revised Code |
| | | | Oklahoma Statutes |
| | | | Oregon Revised Statutes |
| | 1970–present | Before 1970, there was no official codification of Pennsylvania's statutes; the proprietary codification by Purdon was a de facto standard. As the official code is incomplete, the Purdon code is still in use for some topics. http://www.palrb.us/faq/faq.asp | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes |
| | | | http://www.michie.com/puertorico/ |
| | | | Rhode Island General Laws |
| | | | South Carolina Code of Laws |
| | | | http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/TitleList.aspx |
| | | | http://www.state.tn.us/environment/permits/tcalink.shtml |
| Revised Civil Statutes, Penal Code, and Code of Criminal Procedure[3] [4] | | | Texas Constitution & Statutes |
| | | | Utah Code |
| | | | http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/vicode/ |
| | | | Vermont Statutes Online |
| | 1950 | | Code of Virginia |
| | | | Revised Code of Washington |
| | | | West Virginia Code |
| | | | Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations |
| | | | Wyoming Code |
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See also
Notes and References
- A.R.S. section 1-102, http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/1/00102.htm&Title=1&DocType=ARS, Arizona State Legislature
- http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/law/statutes General Statutes
- State of Texas v. West Publishing Company. 882. F.2d. 171. 5th Cir.. 1989. https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/882/882.F2d.171.88-1114.html#fn1_ref.
- Web site: Historical Texas Statutes. Texas State Law Library. Texas State Law Library. 3 January 2016.
