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Compare this provision against other states

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key issued from the developer dashboard. Pass as Authorization: Bearer vq_key_...

Path Parameters

act_id
string
required

Section identifier. Encodes the citation's hierarchy: USC_T42_C21_S1983 is Title 42, Chapter 21, Section 1983, the section a lawyer writes as 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Take it from a /us/statutes/search result rather than assembling it: the title and section are derivable from a citation, but the CHAPTER is not, so hand-built ids usually 404.

Required string length: 3 - 200
Example:

"USC_T42_C21_S1983"

Query Parameters

limit
integer
default:5

Maximum states to return, one provision each.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 25
Example:

5

Response

The section plus comparable provisions in other states.

Response for GET /us/statutes/section/{act_id}/cross-state.

section
StatuteResult · object
required

The section you asked about.

neighbors
StatuteCrossStateNeighbor · object[]

Comparable provisions in other states, most similar first. At most one entry per state, so this reads as a jurisdiction comparison rather than a relevance list.

statesCovered
integer
default:0

How many distinct states are represented. Fewer than you asked for means no provision in the remaining states cleared the similarity floor, not that those states are missing from the corpus.

Example:

5

note
string | null

Set only when the answer is not a real zero. Cross-state comparison is defined for state statute sections; for USC, CFR and other corpora this explains that the section has no state analogues and the call is refunded.

processingTimeMs
number
default:0

Server-side time for this request in milliseconds, excluding network transit. Useful for spotting a slow query; not billed on.

Example:

420.1

creditsConsumed
number
default:0

Credits actually charged for this call. Read it rather than assuming the list price: failed and refunded work bills 0.

Example:

6

Last modified on August 23, 2026