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Citation rules/Subdivisions and pincites/3.3 Sections and Paragraphs

Use the code's own section punctuation

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

State code citations keep the source's own punctuation between a section and its subsections: “N.M. Stat. Ann. § 4-44-7(G)”, not “§ 4(44)(7)(G)”.1

Wrong
§ 4(44)(7)(G)
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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 4-44-7(G)
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  1. 1R. 3.3(a) Subsections. Tables: T1.3 States and the District of Columbia.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  1. Remove “at” before a section symbol
  2. Remove “at” before the paragraph symbol
  3. Remove “at” before the symbol
  4. Remove the extra “§”
  5. Remove the second “§”
  6. Replace “et seq.” with the section span
  7. Replace “et seq.” with the section span
  8. Replace the ambiguous dash with “to”
  9. Use the code's own section punctuation

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More in 3.3 Sections and Paragraphs

  1. Remove “at” before a section symbol
  2. Remove “at” before the paragraph symbol
  3. Remove “at” before the symbol
  4. Remove the extra “§”
  5. Remove the second “§”
  6. Replace “et seq.” with the section span
  7. Replace “et seq.” with the section span
  8. Replace the ambiguous dash with “to”
  9. Use the code's own section punctuation

Back to Subdivisions and pincites

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