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Citation rules/Statutes/12.3 Current Official and Unofficial Codes

Use a real U.S. Code edition year

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A main edition of the U.S. Code appears in 1926 and every sixth year from 1934, and the years in between are cited as Supplements I through V.1

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  1. 1R. 12.3.2 Year of Code; R. 12.2.1(a) Statutes currently in force; B12.1.1 Federal Statutes; B12.1.2 State Statutes.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  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. Use a real U.S. Code edition year

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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. Use a real U.S. Code edition year

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