State Government Sources

General Sources
State Courts & Statutes

California	New Jersey	Pennsylvania
Delaware	New York	Virginia
Maryland	Ohio	Other States

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/statech.htm

Yale Law School’s documentary record of full-text colonial charters, grants, and related documents arranged chronologically from pre-18th century to present.

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: State Constitutions
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/stateco

Yale Law School’s documentary record of full-text constitutions from 12 states.

Council of State Governments
http://www.csg.org/

Multi-state association that identifies new and creative approaches to state problems.

Duquesne University Law School: Pennsylvania Constitution
http://www.paconstitution.duq.edu

Site with information about the text, history, and meaning of the PA Constitution.

FindLaw: State Resources
http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html

Resources, guide pages, web guides, etc. on state government.

Hieros Gamos Compilation of U.S. States
http://www.hg.org/usstates.html

Extensive guide to state law and government, uniform laws adopted/proposed, regional regulatory bodies, associations dealing with state and municipal governments, and other online resources.

Law.com: State Sites
http://www5.law.com/states

Law.Com sites for each of the 50 states with special sites focused on local legal news and cases for: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

LLRX: State & Federal Legislation
http://www.llrx.com/resources7.htm

LLRX list of state, federal and non-governmental political information sites.

Municipal Code Corporation
http://www.municode.com

Contains codes of ordinances for local governments, with original codification and updates.

Municipal Codes Online
http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_municodes

List of all city and county codes by state.

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/ulc_frame.htm

Database of uniform and model codes.

National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/

The NCSL is a bipartisan organization of the legislators and staff of the states.

StateList: The Electronic Source for State Publication Lists
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/StateList/check/check.htm

Index of state publications from 32 states.

State and Local Governments: A Library of Congress Internet Resource Page
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

Index of general state and local government sites and sites by state.

State Web Locator
http://www.infoctr.edu/swl/

Guide to state government websites.

U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts
http://quickfacts.census.gov

Map that links to Census information for each state, with further links to counties.

Courts.Net: The Nation’s Court Directory
http://www.courts.net

Nation-wide directory of all levels of courts.

Genealogy.com: County Resources
http://www.familytreemaker.com/countlst.html

Addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers for courts throughout the U.S.

LawGuru: U.S. State & Territorial Laws
http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/17.htm

Directory of state and territorial laws, along with other information on budgets, constitutions, court decisions, etc. organized by state

LLRX: Local Courts, Forms, & Dockets
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/

Court rules, forms, and dockets searchable by type of resource, jurisdiction, court type, or state.

National Center for State Courts
http://www.ncsconline.org/

Site aimed at national courts leaders with original research, consulting services, publications, and national educational programs.

State Constitutions, Statutes, & Codes
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html#state

Links to Uniform or Model Codes, state statutes by topic, and constitutions, statutes, and legislative information for each state.

State Court Directory
http://www.statelocalgov.net//50states-courts.htm

Index of state judicial sites, with additional links to some state law libraries.

State Court Rules
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules

Index of court rules (federal or by state).

State Court Web Sites, National Center for State Courts
http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html

Site aimed at state courts leaders with original research, consulting services, publications, and national educational programs.

State & Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net//index.cfm

Directory of state sites such as statewide offices, the legislative, executive, and judicial branch, boards and commissions, and regional, county, borough, city, municipality, town, or township sites.

State Statutes & Legislation on the Internet
http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm

Full-text state statutes and legislation by state.