State and Territorial Statutes and Constitutions

This guide features web links to statutes and constitutions for U.S. states and territories.

Web versions of primary legal materials, including statutes, are often not the official versions. See disclaimers at each website. The web versions of statutes and laws of states included in this guide are current through different dates. Check the information at the individual websites. Most online versions of state laws are unannotated.

The Cook County Law Library has the statutes and laws from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico in print and most are annotated. Please consult the Library catalog or check with a Reference Librarian by calling (312) 603-2418 for assistance.

State Constitutions

NBER/Maryland State Constitutions Project - Portal to the texts of the state constitutions. Includes almost 150 state constitutions adopted since 1776.

State/Territorial Statute Collections

U.S. States and Territories - Collection of links from Law Library of Congress. Also includes links to court opinions, administrative codes, and executive orders.
State Resources - Links to primary law by state. Provided by Cornell LII.

Statutes and Constitutions by Jurisdiction

Alabama

Alaska

American Samoa

American Samoa Code Annotated (provided by American Samoa Bar Association)
American Samoa Constitution

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Code and Constitution

Florida

Georgia

Guam

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Illinois Compiled Statutes Browse by chapter or search. Not official - use with caution. Maintained by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Constitution
See Record of Proceedings, Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention from Legislative Research Unit.
Previous Illinois Constitutions - Documents from the State Library Use pull-down menu and select Illinois Constitution.

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Northern Mariana Islands

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virgin Islands

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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Revised January 2019 by David Sanborne

Revised August 2020 by Jenik Nichols

State and Territorial Statutes and Constitutions