Federal & State Lawfederalstatelaw.com
GET

/api/v1/jurisdictions

Returns all available jurisdictions including federal, 50 states, and territories. No parameters required.

Parameters

This endpoint takes no query parameters. A single GET request returns the complete jurisdictions catalog.

Code Samples

curl
curl "https://federalstatelaw.com/api/v1/jurisdictions"
JavaScript (fetch)
const res = await fetch("https://federalstatelaw.com/api/v1/jurisdictions");
const { data } = await res.json();

// Get all state names
const states = data
  .filter(j => j.level === "state")
  .map(j => j.name);

console.log(states);
Python (requests)
import requests

res = requests.get("https://federalstatelaw.com/api/v1/jurisdictions")
data = res.json()

# Get all state names
states = [j["name"] for j in data["data"] if j["level"] == "state"]
print(states)

Example Response

JSON
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "federal",
      "name": "United States Federal",
      "abbreviation": "US",
      "slug": "federal",
      "level": "federal",
      "capital": "Washington, D.C.",
      "population": 331900000
    },
    {
      "id": "california",
      "name": "California",
      "abbreviation": "CA",
      "slug": "california",
      "level": "state",
      "capital": "Sacramento",
      "population": 39538223
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "total": 56 }
}

Citing this endpoint

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Related

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.