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Get statute section metadata

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"

Response

Successful Response

Detailed section metadata (no full text, use /body for that).

section
StatuteResult · object
required

The section's metadata and source links. Full text is a separate call: /us/statutes/section/{actId}/body.

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:

240.5

creditsConsumed
number
default:0

Credits actually charged for this call. Read it rather than assuming the list price: failed and refunded work bills 0, and batch endpoints charge per item returned, so a partial result costs less than a full one.

Example:

4

Last modified on September 7, 2026