ARE 306: Agricultural Law

Statutes and Codes

Laws that are passed by a legislative body are issued in two types of publications. One gives the text of laws in the chronological order in which they are passed. The other type groups similar laws together by broad topic and provides a "snapshot" of all the permanent laws of a political entity at a given moment in time.

The titles given to the publications representative of these types of resources are not consistent, and may be the cause of some confusion.

	Date	Topical
U.S.	Statutes at Large	U.S. Code
N.C.	Session Laws	General Statutes

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Federal and State Codes - U.S. Code: NCSU's Information System; restricted use via remote access.; Go to this LexisNexis Academic link; there the default choice in the "Sources" dropdown, at the center of the page, should be "United States Code Service - Titles 1 through 50."; You can search all 50 Titles of the Code, or use the dropdown to select specific Titles within the Code.
General Statutes of North Carolina Annotated: NCSU's Information System; restricted use via remote access.; Go to this LexisNexis Academic link; there place a check mark beside "NC - General Statutes of North Carolina Annotated." Then click "Search" at the left margin below the two instances of "General Search."

OTHER FEDERAL STATUTORY SOURCES

Public and Private Laws, 1994 to date
United States Statutes at Large: D. H. Hill Ref. GS4.111: and AE2.111: 1949 to date (U.S. Documents Reference, 2nd floor, North Tower); D. H. Hill Docs. S7.9: 1909 - 1949 (U.S. Documents stacks); D. H. Hill Microfilm: 1798/99 - 1915/17 (Media/Microforms room); Printed at the close of each annual session of Congress, the volumes of the Statutes at large for each session include public and private laws, resolutions and Presidential proclamations.
Cite as: 94 Stat. 168 (1975)
United States Code (Browseable files that you can cut/paste)
United States Code (Searchable files)
United States Code: D. H. Hill Ref. Y 1.2/5: (U.S. Documents Reference, 2d floor, North Tower); The U.S. Code contains the government's official text of laws passed by Congress. It is arranged in 50 broad topics. Indexes are provided by subject and popular name; also included are various conversion tables -- from Public Law number to Code Title, for example. It is issued every six to eight years with an annual cumulative supplement between editions.
Cite as: 16 U.S.C. 462 (1988)
United States Code Annotated: D. H. Hill Ref. KF625. W45 (Reference - 1st Floor, East Wing)
The U.S. Code Annotated provides the same information as does the U.S. Code, but it is published by a commercial firm. It provides additional annotations to court decisions which discuss specific statutes, to regulations and to articles which may be pertinent. This set is updated annually with pocket parts that fit into the back cover of each volume.
Cite as: 16 U.S.C.S. § 462 (West 1988)
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications: Search for the printed transcripts of hearings.

OTHER NORTH CAROLINA STATUTORY SOURCES

General Statutes of North Carolina, v. 1-23: D. H. Hill Ref. KFN7430 1943 .A24 (Reference, 1st Floor, East Wing); This set is a "code" or subject arrangement of laws. Each section includes references to court decisions and legal periodical articles which discuss the section. It is updated at the end of each legislative session. The set includes subject, agency, and popular name indexes.
Cite as: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-1367 (1990)
Session Laws of North Carolina, 1893 to date: D. H. Hill Stacks KFN7425 .A243 (5th floor, Tower stacks)
Each volume is a chronological compilation of laws and resolutions passed by the General Assembly and executive orders issued by the Governor during a legislative session. It is published several months after the session ends and includes a subject index and bill number index.
Cite as: 1990 N.C. Sess. Laws 431

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