Legal Research Links - States
Choose from the following individual state sites:
The following links may take you to web sites not affiliated
with KU's Wheat Law Library; to return to this page click your browser's "Back" button.
General State Indexes
- Administrative
Code & Register sites for all available states.
- ALSO! (American Law Sources Online) indexes
material on all 50 states, District of Columbia, Guam, American
Samoa, Navajo Nation, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
- BenefitsCheckup is
a 50-state (including the District of Columbia) online service
to provide public benefit screening.
- Beyond Reason:
The Death Penalty and Offenders with Mental Retardation
- Council of State Governments has
information on programs, newsletters, publications, and the
mission of the CSG as well as links to state and federal government
sites.
- Finding Court
Opinions On The Web serves as a gateway to resources
on Supreme, circuit, district, and state court links.
- The
Fiscal Survey of States report from the National Governors
Association and the National Association of State Budget
Officers demonstrates that many of the 50 states face dire
financial problems that are among the worst in 50 years.
- LLRX Court Rules,
Forms, and Dockets
- Data Maps from
the Census Bureau.
- Electoral
College laws from every state.
- Internet Law
Library links to US state and territorial laws.
- Katsuey's Legal Gateway provides access to state legal information and
resources. (not working 8/26/07)
- Legislative
Source Book indexes state legislatures, laws, and regulations
web sites and contact information.
- Medicare:
Nursing Home Compare allows users to compare and contrast
nursing homes based on a wide range of information.
- Municipal
Codes database prepared by the Seattle Public Library;
or another one from the Municipal
Code Corporation.
- National Center for State
Courts - Information about the organization and links
to many state court pages.
- National Governor's
Association site provides access to an extensive array
of state government resources.
- OfficialCitySites index
includes Chamber of Commerce, Convention and Visitor Bureau,
area, regional, and related sites.
- Plugged
In, Tuning Up: An Assessment of State Legislative Websites A
collective independent assessment of central online "entry
points" for the 50 U.S. state legislatures.
-
Public Access to State Court Records includes dockets, opinions, and case tracking when available.
- State
Legal Sources on the Web.
- State and
Local Government Information index to web sites dealing
with state and local governments, with an emphasis on Pennsylvania
but links for other states as well.
- State and
Local Government on the Net links to each state's government
sites.
- State Court
Opinions on the Web links to all states' caselaw available
online, free of charge.
- State
and County QuickFacts provides frequently requested
Census Bureau information at the national, state and county
level.
- State Constitutions indexed
by state name.
- State
Government Finance Data on revenues, expenditures, indebtedness,
cash/securities for all 50 states.
- State
Flags provides full color representations of the flags
of all 50 states.
- State Laws links
to agencies and a compendium of laws and cases available.
- State
Legislative History Research Guides and State Legislatures
on the Web.
- State
Resource Center provides extensive lists of links to
statewide offices, the state's legal branches, its counties,
its rules of court, important legal forms, and more.
- State
of the State Addresses
- State
Statistics compilation of state statistical sites.
- State
Statutes on the Internet
- State
Tax Collections Data provides summary information on
tax revenues since 1992.
- StateLaw links to laws
for all 50 states.
- stateline.org offers
political and current news from all the states.
- Substantive Law
on the World Wide Web is a general index to state, Federal,
and Canadian legal sites.
- USGS Water Resources Data
of USA Provides access to water-resources data collected
at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
- Uniform Commercial
Code is indexed by Article, with links to UCC state
statutes.
- US States
and Territories provides legal links and general resources
on every state and territory belonging to the US.
- Where
to Write for Vital Records has information on how to
obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates
in every US state and territory.
- Voter Registration
Requirements for each state.
- 2001
State Government Tax Collections lists data for 25 taxes
imposed and collected by each of the 50 states.
- 2002
Census of Governments contains the official counts of
the number of state and local governments in the US, along
with tabulations of governments by state, type of government,
size, and county location.