---
title: "List all Jurisdictions"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/jurisdictions"
tags: ["Jurisdictions"]
---

# List all Jurisdictions

`GET /api/v1/jurisdictions`

Returns all valid jurisdictions, coverage data, and metadata for OpenLaws Jurisdictions

## Response `200`

GET jurisdictions returns all jurisdictions

- Jurisdiction — Jurisdictions are the highest abstraction in OpenLaws. They contain codified Laws, Courts, Reporters. Federal is a special case and contains several "sub-Jurisdictions" due to the government's scale and complexity.
  - `name` string, required
  - `key` string — Unique identifier for the jurisdiction. Often this is the same as postal_abbreviation (CA and TX) but not always (FED, FED-BANKR, MIL, and TRIBAL.)
  - `abbreviation` string — Bluebook abbreviation for the Jurisdiction if applicable
  - `postal_abbreviation` string
  - `laws` Law[], required
    - `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
  - `courts` Court[]
    - `key` string — Unique identifier for the court
    - `jurisdiction` string — Two to three letter Jurisdiction Key. `FED` for federal and generally, the postal abbreviation for most U.S. states and territories.
    - `parent_court_key` string, nullable — Parent court key if applicable
    - `name` string
    - `short_name` string
    - `abbreviation` string
    - `start_date` string, date, nullable — Nullable ISO 8601 Date
    - `end_date` string, date, nullable — Nullable ISO 8601 Date

## Other responses

- `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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