---
title: "Validate legal citations and verify quoted text appears in the source."
method: POST
path: "/v1/legal/cite"
tags: ["regulated"]
---

# Validate legal citations and verify quoted text appears in the source.

`POST /v1/legal/cite`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.agent-toolbox.ai`
- URL: `https://api.agent-toolbox.ai/v1/legal/cite`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - none

Cost: 2 credit(s). Free tier: 10 calls per IP (no auth).

## Request body

- LegalCiteRequest
  - `citation` string
  - `citations` string[]
  - `sourceText` string
  - `quote` string

## Response `200`

Success.

- LegalCiteResponse
  - `verdict` 'PASS' | 'FLAG' | 'BLOCK', required
  - `citations` object[], required
    - `raw` string, required
    - `parsed` object
      - `volume` integer, required
      - `reporter` string, required
      - `page` integer, required
      - `year` integer, required
    - `valid` boolean, required
    - `issues` string[], required
  - `quoteCheck` object
    - `found` boolean, required
    - `message` string, required
  - `counts` object, required
    - `total` integer, required
    - `invalid` integer, required
  - `certificate` string, required: Tamper-evident SHA-256 certificate.
  - `latencyMs` number, required: Server compute time in ms.

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request body.
- `402`: Free tier exhausted or insufficient credits.

---

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