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Resolve a citation to its section

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

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

Query Parameters

cite
string
required

A Bluebook citation string, e.g. '42 U.S.C. 1983' or '16 C.F.R. 444.1'.

Required string length: 2 - 200
Example:

"42 U.S.C. 1983"

state
string | null

Optional two-letter jurisdiction to resolve WITHIN, e.g. tx. Some citation forms are shared: 8 CCR 1206-2 is Colorado and 22 CCR 76227 is California, and the acronym alone cannot say which. This is a constraint, not a hint -- a citation that names a different jurisdiction returns resolved: false rather than being forced into this one.

Required string length: 2
Example:

"tx"

corpusType
string | null

Optional corpus to resolve WITHIN: STATE (statutes), REGULATION (state administrative codes), STATE_RULES (court rules), CONSTITUTION, STATE_CONSTITUTION. Narrows a citation whose form several corpora share; like state, a citation belonging to another corpus resolves to nothing instead.

Example:

"REGULATION"

Response

The resolution verdict, with the section when resolved.

Response for GET /us/statutes/resolve.

resolved
boolean
required

True when the citation resolved to an exact section.

inputCitation
string
required

The citation string you asked to resolve, echoed back.

section
StatuteResult · object | null

The resolved section, or null when the citation did not resolve.

subsection
string | null

Parsed pinpoint subsection when the citation carried one, e.g. 'b.2' for '42 U.S.C. 1983(b)(2)'. The returned section is the parent. It is also set when the citation names a unit SMALLER than the one the publisher issues: Rhode Island cites a regulation by section ('250-RICR-120-05-15.2') but publishes the whole Part, so section is Part 15 and subsection is '15.2'. A non-null subsection always means section is the containing document, not the exact unit you cited.

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