> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://vaquill.ai/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # List US statutes coverage by jurisdiction > List every jurisdiction in the corpus (49 of the 50 states, plus DC, Puerto Rico, and federal USC/CFR), each with its ingested section count. Use this to discover what is queryable via /statutes/search. `kind` is `federal`, `state`, or `territory` (DC, PR). Each row also carries a `corpora` breakdown of counts per `corpusType` token. For a self-describing matrix with a corpusType legend, call /statutes/coverage. For the human-readable breakdown, see the [Coverage page](https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/coverage). **Free.** Requires an API key and is rate-limited, but costs no credits. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.vaquill.ai/external/openapi.json get /api/v1/statutes/states openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Vaquill Developer API description: >- Public API for legal statutes and legislation. **Authentication**: Pass your API key via the `Authorization: Bearer vq_key_...` header. **Credits**: Each call costs API credits. See `GET /api/v1/api-credits/pricing` for the full pricing matrix. ## Jurisdictions | Jurisdiction | Coverage | `countryCode` | |---|---|---| | **United States** | USC, CFR, nearly all 50 state statutory codes (plus DC and Puerto Rico), state constitutions, and court rules. | `US` | See the full [Coverage page](https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/coverage) for the jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction breakdown, or call `/statutes/states` for live counts. ## Endpoints - **US Statutes**: Search and retrieve USC, CFR, state statutes, constitutions, court rules, executive orders, and regulations with full text - **Pricing**: Credit costs per endpoint (no auth required) ## Rate limits Limits are enforced per API key and scale with your plan. A `429` response includes a `Retry-After` header. | Plan | Per minute | Per hour | Per day | |---|---|---|---| | API ($199/mo, 1x) | 30 | 500 | 2,000 | | API Business ($1,000/mo, 5x) | 150 | 2,500 | 10,000 | For full documentation, visit the [API Reference](https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/api-reference/). version: 1.0.0 contact: name: Vaquill API Support url: https://www.vaquill.ai email: support@vaquill.ai license: name: Proprietary url: https://www.vaquill.ai/terms termsOfService: https://www.vaquill.ai/terms servers: - url: https://api.vaquill.ai description: Production security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] tags: - name: US Statutes description: >- Search and retrieve US statutes. Covers the United States Code (USC), Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), all 50 state statutes, constitutions, court rules, executive orders, Federal Register agency rules, agency guidance, and state regulations. Scope a search with the `corpusType` filter. - **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 - name: Pricing description: >- Credit pricing and conversion rates. No authentication required. 1 credit = $0.01 USD. externalDocs: description: Full API Reference url: https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/api-reference/ paths: /api/v1/statutes/states: get: tags: - US Statutes summary: List US statutes coverage by jurisdiction description: >- List every jurisdiction in the corpus (49 of the 50 states, plus DC, Puerto Rico, and federal USC/CFR), each with its ingested section count. Use this to discover what is queryable via /statutes/search. `kind` is `federal`, `state`, or `territory` (DC, PR). Each row also carries a `corpora` breakdown of counts per `corpusType` token. For a self-describing matrix with a corpusType legend, call /statutes/coverage. For the human-readable breakdown, see the [Coverage page](https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/coverage). **Free.** Requires an API key and is rate-limited, but costs no credits. operationId: list_statutes_states_api_v1_statutes_states_get responses: '200': description: Coverage summary across all jurisdictions. content: application/json: schema: {} example: data: jurisdictions: - code: federal name: Federal (USC + CFR) kind: federal sectionCount: 706474 hasData: true - code: ms name: Mississippi kind: state sectionCount: 184561 hasData: true - code: nj name: New Jersey kind: state sectionCount: 158892 hasData: true - code: tx name: Texas kind: state sectionCount: 68338 hasData: true - code: dc name: District of Columbia kind: territory sectionCount: 21088 hasData: true - code: in name: Indiana kind: state sectionCount: 0 hasData: false totalSections: 2663317 stateCountWithData: 49 meta: processingTimeMs: 5385.6 creditsConsumed: 0 '401': description: Invalid or missing API key. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiDetailError' example: detail: Invalid or missing API key. '403': description: API key lacks `research:read` scope. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiDetailError' '429': description: Rate limit exceeded. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiDetailError' components: schemas: ApiDetailError: properties: detail: type: string title: Detail examples: - Insufficient API credits. type: object required: - detail title: ApiDetailError description: |- Error envelope the API actually returns. All errors (401/402/403/404/422/429/5xx) come back as a single `detail` string (FastAPI default), e.g. `{"detail": "Insufficient API credits."}`. Documenting the real shape so client code can rely on it. securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: vq_key_* description: >- API key issued from the Vaquill developer dashboard. Pass as `Authorization: Bearer vq_key_...` ````