The law library

The law, in its own words

This is the law as each state printed it. Our notes sit beside it, in their own column. You can turn our notes off and read the law alone.

13 of 51 readWe have read 13. 38 are not here yet. For 15 of those we know who prints the law and cannot read it yet. Each one says why. We do not list links we have not opened.Where this came from: the states listed below. Each names its own publisher.

0 of 13 states we have read carry the date their text is current to.A currency date is the date a publisher says its text was correct to. Without one, a provision on this page is a present-tense claim with no date under it — it stays word for word after the law changes. The date each provision carries below is when WE READ IT, which is not the same thing and is never shown as though it were. 13 of the states we have read have not been checked for a publisher's stamp yet.Where this came from: the states listed below. Each names its own publisher.