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LexisNexis Congressional - No longer available via OhioLINK. Individuals with a Cleveland Public Library card may have online access to this title. Go to CPL databases and click on "Government and Law".

The CIS Index and Abstracts set (1970 - 2002) and the CIS Legislative History volumes (1984-2002) are available in print format at our Law Library, Base Level, Microforms Area Index Shelves. Use them to identify full text of Congressional hearings, reports, documents, committee prints, bills, and the Congressional Record; and Public laws.

 United States Code Service (via LexisNexis Academic) All laws of a general and permanent nature, as enacted by the United States Congress. Federal Rules Annotated ; The Constitution of the United States 

US Code via Casemaker: Available at the public access terminals in the law library, or with a Casemaker username and password. Casemaker is free with an Ohio State Bar membership. Law students can join the Ohio State Bar Association for free. Titles 1-21, 46 are complete through 01/02/2006
Titles 12-45, 47-50 are complete through 01/03/2005, Public Laws are current through 2007.

United States Public Laws (from the U.S. Library of Congress' Thomas website).

Thomas - Find text of federal bills going back to 1989. Each bill lists references to the Congressional Record. The Congressional Record back to 1989 and Committee Reports going back to 1995 can be accessed via Thomas.

GPO Access - Legislative - Bills, legislative history materials (reports, hearings, etc.), public and private laws, Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, U.S. Code. Current materials are available, how far back these sources go varies.

Federal Legislative History, Sources & Treasures - Cleveland Marshall College of Law Library's guide to legislative history sources, with links.

Federal Regulations (via LexisNexis Academic)  Federal Register; Code of Federal Regulations; Federal Acquisition Regulations; US Attorney General Opinions 

State Codes and Attorneys General Opinions  (via LexisNexis Academic)


Selected Internet Statutes and Codes Sites:

Federal:


United States Code -- unannotated from the US Government Printing Office;  Cornell's Legal Information Institute (LII) US Code 
-- by section with links to updated legislation,

U.S. House of Representative U.S. Code web page, and

Findlaw

The Code of Federal Regulations is available at/via :

U.S. Government site; LexisNexis Academic;

HeinOnline; FindLaw ; (Years vary at each site.)

The Federal Register is available at/via:

U.S. Government site; LexisNexis Academic;

HeinOnline; FindLaw ; (Years vary at each site.)


Ohio:

Ohio Revised Code (via LexisNexis Academic)  - Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated, Ohio Constitution, Court Rules, Advanced Legislative Service, Ohio Attorney General Opinions

Ohio Revised Code (via Casemaker) - Unannotated. Available at the public access terminals in the law library, or with a Casemaker username and password. Casemaker is free with an Ohio State Bar membership. Law students can join the Ohio State Bar Association for free.

Ohio Revised Code (Unannotated; LAWriter from Ohio State Govt. site)

Ohio Constitution  

Bills and Legislation   - passed by the Ohio General Assembly

Gongwer News Service (via OhioLink; not a gov't site)

Ohio Capitol Connection (Law Library Access; not a gov't site)

Ohio Administrative Code (LAWriter from Ohio State Govt. site) - regulations of Ohio agencies

Register of Ohio - for proposed and new Ohio regulations  


Municipal Codes

Major Ohio cities: 

Akron  Municipal Code 
Cincinnati  Municipal Code
Cleveland Charter and Codified Ordinances
Columbus City Codes
Toledo Municipal Code

Northeast Ohio Cities:

Bay Village
Bedford Heights
Chagrin Falls
Euclid
Highland Heights
Lakewood
Lorain

Lyndhurst
Mayfield Heights
Mayfield Village
Medina
North Olmsted 
Orange
Painesville
Pepper Pike
Rocky River

Shaker Heights
Solon
South Euclid
Valley View

Westlake
Wickliffe

Other Ohio Cities:

Ordinances via Cleveland Law Library Association Links
Ohio Cities and Villages on the Web via Ohio Municipal League - Links