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262 Part V — Foreign Domestic Materials
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Pennsylvania |
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South Carolina |
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South Dakota |
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Tennessee |
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Texas |
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Utah |
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Vermont |
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Virginia |
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Washington |
Wash Rev Code |
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West Virginia |
W Va Code |
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Wisconsin |
Wis Stat |
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Wyoming |
Wyo Stat Ann |
When citing the federal Internal Revenue Code, ‘26 USC’ may be replaced with ‘IRC’.
For subject matter codes, the subject area should be included as it appears (and using any abbreviation) in the code itself.
Examples 7 USC § 852 (2006).
40 USCA § 6134 (2010).
Haw Rev Stat § 281-32.
Ga Code Ann § 3-2-11 (West 2009).
IRC § 25A(a) (2006).
Cal Evid Code § 312 (Deering 2008).
Note An official code is one published by a government or by a statutorily authorised publisher.
24.2.4Pinpoint Reference
Rule Any section, chapter, article, paragraph or other pinpoint reference should be included after the abbreviated code name.


264 Part V — Foreign Domestic Materials
24.2.6Year of Code and Supplement
Rule The year in which the version of the code cited was published (not necessarily the year of enactment of the relevant provision) should appear in parentheses.
When referring to electronic versions of codes, the year should be that in which the provision cited was last updated (on that electronic service).
When referring to printed versions of codes, the year should be (in order of preference):
•the year appearing on the spine of the volume;
•the year appearing on the title page of the volume; or
•the copyright year in the publication details of the volume.
If a statute appears wholly in a supplement to a bound volume, the year in which the supplement was published should be cited and should be preceded by ‘Supp’ (for example, ‘(Supp 1991)’). If the statute appears partly in a bound volume and partly in a supplement (that is, both are needed to access the text of the statute), the years of publication of both should be included in the form:
( Year of Code & Supp Year of Supplement ) (for example, ‘(1994 & Supp 1999)’).
In accordance with rule 24.2.5, where a publisher’s name is included, the year (and any supplement) should appear after the publisher’s name and should not be preceded by any punctuation.
Examples 14 USCA § 706 (2010).
Iowa Code § 331.101 (2008).
14 USC § 663 (Supp 2009).
21 USC §§ 331–4 (2006 & Supp 2009).
Ind Code Ann § 1-2-4-1 (West 2000).

Australian Guide to Legal Citation 265
Note A new version of the USC is published every six years, and supplements are published at the end of each intervening year. Unofficial codes (such as the USCS and USCA) are updated more frequently.
24.3Legislation: Session Laws
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