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Free & Low-Cost Legal Research

A guide to legal research resources other than Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg Law, that are either free or low-cost.

Federal Regulations

Publisher Publication Source & Notes Free?
U.S. Government Code of Federal Regulations

eCFR: Daily updated current version of the CFR, technically unofficial.

CFR from GovInfo (1996-present): Online version of the official print verstion of the CFR. Browse by year & title, search using the govinfo advanced search tab (select "Code of Federal Regulations" in the "Refine by Collection" dropdown menu), & update using the List of Sections Affected (LSA) volumes.

Free
Federal Register

FederalRegister.gov (1994-present): Official website of the Federal Register. Read the current issue, search by term or citation, which you may filter by document type, or browse by term or agency in the Federal Register Index.

Federal Register from GovInfo (1936-present): Online version of the official print verstion of the Federal Register. Browse by year, month, & issue, search using the govinfo advanced search tab (select "Federal Register" in the "Refine by Collection" dropdown menu), & browse all of the Federal Register Index volumes by year.

Federal Register from the Library of Congress (1936-1993): Digitized version (PDF) of the print version of the Federal Register, volumes 1 to 58, browseable by volume.

Current Proposed Regulations Regulations.gov: Track current proposed regulations and submit comments.
Legal Information Institute Code of Federal Regulations

CFR from the LII: Current version of the CFR, browseable by title, part, & section.

Justia Code of Federal Regulations

CFR from Justia: Current version of the CFR, browseable by title, part, & section.

Federal Register

Federal Register from Justia (2005-present): Browse by agency or date, search full-text by agency, document type, & date.

HeinOnline Code of Federal Regulations

CFR from HeinOnline: Search or browse by year, title, index, or cite [WCL proxy link]. Update using the List of Sections Affected (LSA) volumes [WCL proxy link].

Low‑cost
Federal Register

Federal Register from HeinOnline (1936-present): Browse or search from volume 1 to the present, updated daily [WCL proxy link].

State Regulations