---
title: "Get Laws by Jurisdiction"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/jurisdictions/{jurisdiction_key}/laws"
tags: ["Laws"]
---

# Get Laws by Jurisdiction

`GET /api/v1/jurisdictions/{jurisdiction_key}/laws`

Jurisdictions, i.e., California, Texas, Federal, contain many laws, e.g.,  statutes, regulations, court rules, and a constitution.

## Path parameters

- `jurisdiction_key` string, required

## Response `200`

Array of Laws

- Law[]
  - `key` string, required — OpenLaws identifier for the Law.
  - `jurisdiction` string, required — State or province when applicable.
  - `state` string, required — (Deprecated. Use `jurisdiction` instead.) State or province when applicable.
  - `law_type` string, required — Type of Law, including statutes, rules, regulations, court rules, constitution, case law
  - `name` string, required — Jurisdiction's name for the Law
  - `aliases` string, required
  - `features` LawFeature[] — For future use.
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `available` boolean, nullable

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request. Please check your jurisdiction and citation format.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Check that you are passing an Authorization header with "Bearer <your-token>".
- `404` — Not Found.
- `429` — Too Many Requests. Rate limit hit. Please wait before retrying.
- `500` — Server Error.

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