Fetch the authoritative current text of any United States...
Fetch the authoritative current text of any United States Code section by title and section number — for example title 17, section 107 returns the fair-use statute. Returns the canonical citation, heading, hierarchy context (title/chapter), full statutory plain text, the Statutes-at-Large source credit, and a link to the official OLRC page; set includeNotes=true to also get editorial notes (amendment history, effective dates). Hyphenated and lettered sections like 1395w-4 or 78j work. Data from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel current ("prelim") edition, public domain — verify statutory citations against the authoritative source instead of relying on model memory. For federal regulations see /api/law/cfr-section; for case law see /api/law/case-verify.
Request
- Base URL: https://2s.io
- URL: https://2s.io/api/law/usc-section
- Auth: API key in header PAYMENT-SIGNATURE
Query parameters
USC title number, 1-54 (e.g. 17 for Copyrights, 26 for Internal Revenue Code, 42 for Public Health and Welfare).
Section number, e.g. "107", "78j", or "1395w-4".
Include editorial notes (amendment history, effective dates, cross-references). Default false — notes can be long.
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