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Citation rules/Statutes/12.3 Current Official and Unofficial Codes

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Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A supplement or pocket part is dated by the year on its own title page rather than by the year of the main volume.1

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  1. 1R. 12.3.2 Year of Code; R. 12.3.1(e) Supplements; R. 3.1(c) Supplements.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  4. Add the title number
  5. Add the title number in front
  6. Add the title or chapter number
  7. Add the year of the code edition
  8. Remove the leading “The”
  9. Replace the state in the parenthetical

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More in 12.3 Current Official and Unofficial Codes

  1. Add the compilation's publisher
  2. Add the section symbol
  3. Add the supplement's year
  4. Add the title number
  5. Add the title number in front
  6. Add the title or chapter number
  7. Add the year of the code edition
  8. Remove the leading “The”
  9. Replace the state in the parenthetical

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