aid: openlaws name: OpenLaws description: >- OpenLaws is a Public Benefit Corporation that provides programmatic access to U.S. law text — federal and state statutes, regulations, constitutions, and case law — through a unified Legal Data API. The platform exposes keyword and citation search, hierarchical division retrieval, historical versions with redline comparisons, citation parsing and validation, and deep links to authoritative government sources. Coverage spans 53 U.S. jurisdictions (50 states + D.C. + Puerto Rico + Federal) with more than 4.3 million law sections under a single data model, targeted at RegTech, LegalTech, GRC / IRM, generative AI / RAG, and legal research workloads. type: Index deliveryModel: model: saas open_source: false commercial: true callable_host: true label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint confidence: high source: - openapi - pricing generated: '2026-08-28' method: derived accessModel: pricing: freemium onboarding: self-serve trial: false try_now: true public: false label: Freemium · Self-serve signup confidence: medium source: - plans - authentication - security generated: '2026-09-03' method: derived position: Consuming access: 3rd-Party image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/openlaws.png x-docs-platform: scalar x-docs-platform-confidence: medium x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04 tags: - Legal - Law - Statutes - Regulations - Constitutions - Case Law - Citations - Search - RAG - Legal Tech - RegTech - Compliance - GRC - Government Data tags_raw: - Legal - Law - Statutes - Regulations - Constitutions - Case Law - Citations - Search - RAG - LegalTech - RegTech - Compliance - GRC - Government Data created: '2025-03-01' modified: '2026-05-21' url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openlaws/refs/heads/main/apis.yml specificationVersion: '0.23' apis: - aid: openlaws:openlaws-courts-api name: OpenLaws Courts API description: Courts issue Opinions and belong to a Jurisdiction. humanURL: https://openlaws.us/api/ baseURL: https://api.openlaws.us tags: - Courts properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/openlaws-courts-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com - type: HumanURL url: https://openlaws.us/api/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/openlaws-legal-data-api - type: Signup url: https://1be187uhimk.typeform.com/to/PwYQaCu4 - type: ChangeLog url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/release-notes - type: TermsOfService url: https://openlaws.us/terms - type: Plans url: plans/openlaws-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/openlaws-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/openlaws-finops.yml - aid: openlaws:openlaws-jurisdictions-api name: OpenLaws Jurisdictions API description: >- All data (statutes, regulations, caselaw opinions) in OpenLaws are organized into jurisdictions. This allows you to scope searches and lookups to a specific state or federal jurisdiction (or both). humanURL: https://openlaws.us/api/ baseURL: https://api.openlaws.us tags: - Jurisdictions properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/openlaws-jurisdictions-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com - type: HumanURL url: https://openlaws.us/api/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/openlaws-legal-data-api - type: Signup url: https://1be187uhimk.typeform.com/to/PwYQaCu4 - type: ChangeLog url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/release-notes - type: TermsOfService url: https://openlaws.us/terms - type: Plans url: plans/openlaws-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/openlaws-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/openlaws-finops.yml - aid: openlaws:openlaws-law-divisions-api name: OpenLaws Law Divisions API description: >- Divisions represent the hierarchical documents that make up statutes, regulations, and constitutions. Each document has a 'path' which uniquely identifies the document and where it resides in the hierarchy of the law. humanURL: https://openlaws.us/api/ baseURL: https://api.openlaws.us tags: - Law Divisions properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/openlaws-law-divisions-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com - type: HumanURL url: https://openlaws.us/api/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/openlaws-legal-data-api - type: Signup url: https://1be187uhimk.typeform.com/to/PwYQaCu4 - type: ChangeLog url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/release-notes - type: TermsOfService url: https://openlaws.us/terms - type: Plans url: plans/openlaws-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/openlaws-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/openlaws-finops.yml - aid: openlaws:openlaws-laws-api name: OpenLaws Laws API description: >- Laws represent a specific law type in a Jurisdiction. For example, Code of Federal Regulations belongs to the FED Jurisdiction and is represented by the law_key `FED-CFR`. Florida Statutes belongs to the FL Jurisdiction and is represented by the law_key `FL-STAT`. Note that case law and case opinions are represented as Opinions that belong to Courts and Jurisdictions rather than Laws. humanURL: https://openlaws.us/api/ baseURL: https://api.openlaws.us tags: - Laws properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/openlaws-laws-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com - type: HumanURL url: https://openlaws.us/api/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/openlaws-legal-data-api - type: Signup url: https://1be187uhimk.typeform.com/to/PwYQaCu4 - type: ChangeLog url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/release-notes - type: TermsOfService url: https://openlaws.us/terms - type: Plans url: plans/openlaws-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/openlaws-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/openlaws-finops.yml - aid: openlaws:openlaws-opinions-api name: OpenLaws Opinions API description: >- Opinions represent published and unpublished case law opinions. Opinions belong to a Court and Jurisdiction. humanURL: https://openlaws.us/api/ baseURL: https://api.openlaws.us tags: - Opinions properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/openlaws-opinions-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com - type: HumanURL url: https://openlaws.us/api/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/openlaws-legal-data-api - type: Signup url: https://1be187uhimk.typeform.com/to/PwYQaCu4 - type: ChangeLog url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/release-notes - type: TermsOfService url: https://openlaws.us/terms - type: Plans url: plans/openlaws-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/openlaws-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/openlaws-finops.yml common: - type: CapabilityMap url: capabilities/openlaws-capability-edges.yml name: OpenLaws Business Capability Map - type: AgenticAccess url: agentic-access/openlaws-agentic-access.yml - type: DomainSecurity url: security/openlaws-domain-security.yml - type: Authentication url: authentication/openlaws-authentication.yml - type: Website url: https://openlaws.us/ - type: Documentation url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com - type: GettingStarted url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/openlaws-legal-data-api - type: Signup url: https://1be187uhimk.typeform.com/to/PwYQaCu4 - type: ChangeLog url: https://openlaws.apidocumentation.com/guide/release-notes - type: TermsOfService url: https://openlaws.us/terms - type: ContactEmail url: mailto:team@openlaws.us - type: Plans url: plans/openlaws-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/openlaws-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/openlaws-finops.yml maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com