Federal Session Laws
Check the Law Library's U.S. Primary Sources & Topical Reporters Guide to find access options for print formats and online versions.
| Print Equivalent in PDF |
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| Official Print: United States Statutes at Large (Stat.) |
- Law Library Call Number: Reading Room KF50 .U5 for current edition.
- Law Library Call Number: Superseded Law KF50 .U5 for superseded editions located in closed stacks. Consult Circulation Desk for access.
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| Unofficial Print: United States Code Congressional and Administrative News |
- Law Library Call Number: Reading Room KF48 .U54.
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Federal Codes
Check the Law Library's U.S. Primary Sources & Topical Reporters Guide to find access options for print formats and online versions.
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| Official Print: United States Code (U.S.C.) |
- Law Library Call Number: Reading Room KF62 2018 for current edition.
- Law Library Call Number: Superseded Law KF62 [Year] for superseded editions (1946 - ) located in closed stacks. Consult Circulation Desk for access.
- Law Library Call Number: Media 1st Floor Microfiched Row B, Cabinet 18 (1940 - 2013).
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| Unofficial Print: United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) |
- Law Library Call Number: Reading Room KF62 1927 .A3.
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| Unofficial Print: United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.) |
- Law Library Call Number: Reading Room KF62 1972 .U5.
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Interlibrary Loan: Federal Session Laws and Federal Codes
There should be enough PDF and print collection options available at the Law Library that an ILL request for a federal session law or code would not be necessary. Please contact your Journal Liaison or Reference Services should you need more help.
State Session Laws
State Codes
Interlibrary Loan: State Session Laws & Codes
If the Law Library does not have the state code publication edition that you need in print, then submit an ILLiad PDF Request form. When submitting the form, follow these tips:
| For the Publication Title (required) field |
- Enter the full official title or official / Bluebook abbreviation of the publication, including the publisher. Check Bluebook's T1 for this information.
- Example: "Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated (West)," but not "KY Statutes."
- Example: "Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. (West)," but not "KY Statutes."
- Example: "Acts of Kentucky," but not "unofficial or uncodified law for KY."
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| For the Article Title, Chapter Title, Sect. No. field |
- For statute update only: enter "YYYY update to § xxx," e.g., 2016 update to § 431.220. For this request, a copy of the 2016 pocket part / supplement will be obtained.
- For statute text from the latest main volume and an update: enter "§ xxx in main volume & YYYY update," e.g. § 431.220 in main volume & 2016 update. A copy from the main volume, e.g. 2010, and the 2016 pocket part/supplement will be obtained.
- For statute from superseded edition: enter "§ xxx as it appeared in YYYY [main volume, pocket part/supplement]", e.g. § 431.220 as it appeared in 2008 volume. A copy out of the 2008 main volume will be obtained.
- For session law: enter the citation as found in your article, e.g. 2014 N.C. Sess. Laws 767; also provide other available information, e.g. chapter number, name of act, etc.
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| For Year and/or Edition field |
- For statute update only: "YYYY."
- For statute text from the latest main (hardcover) volume and an update: "main+YYYY," e.g. main+2016.
- For superseded statute: "YYYY."
- For session law: "YYYY."
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| For Exact Pages field (Numbers, punctuations & symbols only) (30 character limit) |
- For statute: enter "§ xxx," e.g. § 432.220.
- For session law: enter page number or chapter number, e.g. 767.
- Please enter only numbers, punctuation (e.g., - ) and symbols (e.g., §).
- There is a 30 character limit to this field.
- Any worded information entered in this field will be ignored.
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| For Purpose of Material (required) field |
- If submitting under your ILLiad account, enter your journal's name.
- If submitting under the journal's ILLiad account, enter any internal note.
- Re-enter any lengthy citation information in this field if you like.
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- Ambiguous or undecipherable legislation citations submitted into ILLiad may be returned to you for clarification.
- Before submitting an ILL request for a current or recent print session law or code, please consult your editor. It would be a rare necessity to resort a print version of more recent statutes for source collection purposes.
