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Laws and Regulations

New York State government information and resources on Laws and Regulations.

New York State Laws:

• New York State Legislature - Contains Bill Information, Laws of New York, Senate and Assembly Floor Calendars and Committee Agendas. Search NYS Legislative Bills and Legislative Resolutions.
• New York State Assembly - Bill Search - Search for current New York State bills by bill number or by keyword.
• New York State Constitution - available online at the New York State Department of State. (Scroll down to "Constitution, New York State".) Alternate source: State Library (this link will open in a new window).
• New York State Unified Court System - The official Web site of the NYS Court System offers "a wide selection of offerings from court specific rules to qualifications for capital case attorneys to do it yourself Divorce forms". This searchable site includes links to Court Publications, the New York State Law Reporting Bureau, the New York Slip Opinion Service, Official Reports, and to Court Law Libraries and Legal Research sites.
  • New York CourtHelp - Includes court facts, law and court procedures, free court forms, and Find a Lawyer.
    
• Selected Law Resources - Part of the New York State Library's Internet Bibliographies.
• See also: NYS GILS pages on New York State's Judicial Branch and Resources on Forms, Permits, Registrations, Licenses and Certifications.

Selected New York State Regulations:

Note: An unofficial compilation of all New York State codes, rules, and regulations, which runs more than 58,000 pages, is available on the Department of State website in searchable format at www.dos.state.ny.us/info/nycrr.htm The Official Compilation of New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) is not available free of charge on the Internet. Both laws and regulations are available in hard copy in many law libraries and in some public libraries. Some public law libraries may have them in electronic forms which are searchable by subject. Public law libraries can be found on the Unified Court System Web site at http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/.

Other Resources

• FindLaw - includes New York State Consolidated Laws From FindLaw.
• Office of the New York State Comptroller, Legal Opinions
• United States Code - from the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.

Last Updated: February 13, 2013