# Vaquill AI US Statutes API **Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/vaquill-ai/vaquill-ai-us-statutes-api/ **Provider:** Vaquill AI — https://apis.io/providers/vaquill-ai/ **Base URL:** https://api.vaquill.ai/api/v1 **Documentation:** https://www.vaquill.ai/legal-api Vaquill AI US Statutes API is one of 26 APIs that [Vaquill AI](https://apis.io/providers/vaquill-ai/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 18 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include US Statutes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, a changelog, and 18 JSON Schemas. Search and retrieve US primary law. Covers the United States Code and the Statutes at Large, the Code of Federal Regulations and its annual editions, state statutory codes and administrative regulations, federal and state constitutions, court rules, Federal Register rules and Presidential documents, federal and state agency guidance, agency adjudications, state Attorney General opinions, the Sentencing Guidelines and US tax treaties. Scope a search with the `corpusType` filter, and call `/us/statutes/coverage` for the live jurisdiction-by-corpusType list. - **Search**: Search across all USC, CFR, state, and regulatory sections - **Section**: Get metadata, citation, hierarchy, and source links for a specific section - **Body**: Get the full text of a section - **Enactments**: Which state session laws a publisher's own tables list against a section (supported jurisdictions only, never a complete history) ## Operations (15) | Method | Path | Summary | |---|---|---| | POST | `/api/v1/us/statutes/search` | Search US statutes, constitutions, court rules, and executive actions | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/section/{act_id}` | Get statute section metadata | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/resolve` | Resolve a citation to its section | | POST | `/api/v1/us/statutes/resolve` | Resolve many citations at once | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/section/{act_id}/related` | Get the sections around this one | | POST | `/api/v1/us/statutes/sections` | Get metadata for many statute sections | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/section/{act_id}/body` | Get statute full text | | POST | `/api/v1/us/statutes/count` | Count the sections in a scope | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/coverage` | Coverage matrix by jurisdiction and corpusType | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/divisions` | Browse the statutory hierarchy | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/section/{act_id}/changes` | Get this section's change history | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/section/{act_id}/enactments` | Which acts a state publisher lists against this section | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/section/{act_id}/cited-by` | Find the sections that cite this one | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/section/{act_id}/definitions` | Get the defined terms that govern this section | | GET | `/api/v1/us/statutes/section/{act_id}/cross-state` | Compare this provision against other states | ## Machine-readable artifacts (27) - **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vaquill-ai/refs/heads/main/openapi/vaquill-ai-us-statutes-api-openapi.yml - **Documentation** — https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/api-guide/coverage - **APIReference** — https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/api-reference/us-statutes/search-us-statutes-constitutions-court-rules-and-executive-actions - **GettingStarted** — https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/api-guide/quickstart - **ChangeLog** — https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/api-guide/changelog - **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vaquill-ai/refs/heads/main/json-schema/vaquill-ai-statute-search-request-schema.json - **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vaquill-ai/refs/heads/main/json-schema/vaquill-ai-session-law-response-schema.json - **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vaquill-ai/refs/heads/main/json-schema/vaquill-ai-statute-body-response-schema.json - **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vaquill-ai/refs/heads/main/json-schema/vaquill-ai-session-law-body-response-schema.json - 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The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/vaquill-ai/.