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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="990033" class="text">
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    <td><strong><font color="white">State</font></strong></td>
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    <td><strong><font color="white">Official Register Name</font></strong></td>
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    <td><strong><font color="white">Citation Format</font></strong></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Alabama </p></td>
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    <td><p>Not Online </p></td>
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    <td><p>N/A </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Alaska </p></td>
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    <td><p>Alaska Administrative Journal </p></td>
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    <td><p>24 AAJ 94 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Arkansas </p></td>
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    <td><p>Arkansas Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>72 ARGR 40 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Arizona </p></td>
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    <td><p>Not Online </p></td>
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    <td><p>N/A </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>California </p></td>
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    <td><p>California Regulatory Law Bulletin </p></td>
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    <td><p>2005-40 CRLB 495 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Connecticut </p></td>
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    <td><p>Connecticut Law Journal </p></td>
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    <td><p>58 conn l j 14 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Delaware </p></td>
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    <td><p>Delaware Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>40 DEGR 23 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>District of Columbia </p></td>
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    <td><p>District of Columbia Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>45 d c reg 7589 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Florida </p></td>
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    <td><p>Florida Administrative Weekly </p></td>
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    <td><p>23 faw 463 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Georgia </p></td>
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    <td><p>Georgia Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>10 GAGR 21 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Hawaii </p></td>
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    <td><p>Hawaii Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>10 whgr 9 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Idaho </p></td>
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    <td><p>Idaho Administrative Bulletin </p></td>
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    <td><p>97-1 iab 187 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Illinois </p></td>
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    <td><p>Illinois Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>27 l reg 1154 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Indiana </p></td>
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    <td><p>Indiana Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>29 ind reg 2898 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Iowa </p></td>
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    <td><p>Iowa Administrative Bulletin </p></td>
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    <td><p>19 iowa admin bull 1142 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Kansas </p></td>
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    <td><p>Kansas Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>18-35 kan reg 1272 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Kentucky </p></td>
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    <td><p>Not Online </p></td>
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    <td><p>N/A </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Louisiana </p></td>
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    <td><p>Louisiana Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>26 LR 99 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Maine </p></td>
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    <td><p>Maine Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>71 megr 139 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Maryland </p></td>
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    <td><p>Maryland Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>30-5 md reg 377 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Massachusetts </p></td>
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    <td><p>Massachusetts Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>808 ma reg 79 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Michigan </p></td>
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    <td><p>Not Online </p></td>
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    <td><p>N/A </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Minnesota </p></td>
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    <td><p>Minnesota State Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>24 minn reg 1379 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Mississippi </p></td>
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    <td><p>Mississippi Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>15 msgr 3 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Missouri </p></td>
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    <td><p>Missouri Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>23 moreg 2503 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Montana </p></td>
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    <td><p>Not Online </p></td>
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    <td><p>N/A </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Nebraska </p></td>
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    <td><p>Nebraska Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>7 negr 39 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Nevada </p></td>
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    <td><p>Nev. Register of Admin. Regulations </p></td>
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    <td><p>23-4 nev reg 1999 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>New Hampshire </p></td>
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    <td><p>New Hampshire Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>7 nh gov reg 176 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>New Jersey </p></td>
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    <td><p>New Jersey Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>38 njr 3095(b) </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>New Mexico </p></td>
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    <td><p>New Mexico Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>8 n m reg 69 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>New York </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>New York Register </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>2006-22 N.Y. St. Reg. 40 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>North Carolina </p></td>
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    <td><p>North Carolina Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>13 nc reg 621 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>North Dakota </p></td>
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    <td><p>Not Online </p></td>
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    <td><p>N/A </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Ohio </p></td>
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    <td><p>OH - The Register of Ohio </p></td>
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    <td><p>2006 OH Reg. 7030008 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Oklahoma </p></td>
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    <td><p>Oklahoma Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>19 ok reg 2299 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Oregon </p></td>
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    <td><p>Oregon Bulletin </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>45-7 Or Admin R Bull 3 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Pennsylvania </p></td>
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    <td><p>Pennsylvania Bulletin </p></td>
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    <td><p>27 pa bull 701 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Rhode Island </p></td>
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    <td><p>Rhode Island Government Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>52 rigr 85 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>South Carolina </p></td>
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    <td><p>South Carolina State Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>30-3 sc reg 1 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>South Dakota </p></td>
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    <td><p>South Dakota Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>23 south dakota reg 123 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Tennessee </p></td>
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    <td><p>Tennessee Administrative Register </p></td>
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    <td><p>25-7 tenn admin reg 14 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Texas </p></td>
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    <td><p>Texas Register </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>22 texreg 1317 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Utah </p></td>
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    <td><p>Utah State Bulletin </p></td>
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    <td><p>99-17 utah bull 4 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Vermont </p></td>
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    <td><p>Vermont Government Register </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>77 vtgr 4 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Virginia </p></td>
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    <td><p>Virginia Register of Regulations </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>15 va regs reg 2667 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Washington </p></td>
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    <td><p>Washington State Register </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>96-24 wsr 3 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>West Virginia </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>Not Online </p></td>
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    <td><p>N/A </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="text">
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    <td><p>Wisconsin </p></td>
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    <td><p>Wisconsin Administrative Register </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>488 wis admin reg 43 </p></td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="EBEBD8" class="text">
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    <td><p>Wyoming </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>Wyoming Government Register </p></td>
 +
    <td><p>20 wygr 19 </p></td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
</table>

Revision as of 13:36, 6 August 2009

If you are searching for a legal citation you must use the precise format shown, including exact punctuation.

Contents

Case Law

As a general rule, you can use citation formats found in the Uniform System of Case Citation (Blue Book). See specific examples below.

Federal

100 F.2d 1 134 F.3d 817 19 F Supp. 2d 104 789 F. Supp. 320 139 L. Ed. 2d 25 118 S Ct. 62 514 U.S. 673 65 U.S.L.W. 3204

State

246 App Div 2d 682 19 Cal 4th 142 23 Fla. Law W. D 733 344 Ill. App. 266 344 Mich. 624 230 N.J. Super. 182 23 N.Y.S.2d 2 84 Ohio St. 3d 1457 2000 PA Super 2 150 Tex. 39

Regional

723 A.2d 852 250 Cal. Rptr. 21 100 N.E.2d 497 75 N.W.2d 19 100 P. 34 300 P.2d 19 727 So. 2d 913 150 S.W.2d 202

Topical and Special Reporters

Bankr. L. Rep. (CCH) P78,102 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) P34,763 20 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1830 28 Media L. Rep. 1219 5 Wage & Hour Cas. 2d (BNA) 1632

Canadian Quicklaw™ Citation Formats

When typing in a citation, it is not necessary to enter brackets, punctuation, capitalization or spaces. [1997] O.J. no 4806 1997OJ no.4806 1997oj4806

39 D.L.R. (4th) 595 39DLR(4th)595 39dlr4th595


Note: exceptions to this rule include the FC citation, and some older Ontario Reports citations. FC can stand for the Federal Court reports or the Federal Court neutral citation. Some older Ontario Reports citations do not have a volume/edition number, and therefore can be confused with other citations. Be sure to always enter spaces, capitals and/or periods when using these citations. With older OR citations, simply capitalizing the OR will suffice as below.

19952f.c.544 1933OR565

Law Reviews & Journals

As a general rule, you can use citation formats and abbreviations found in the Uniform System of Case Citation (Blue Book). See specific examples below. You can also use the Law Review search forms to look for specific articles by author, title, and date.

74 Fordham L. Rev. 1475 54 Emory L.J. 1139 22 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 901 14 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 375 113 Harv. L. Rev. 1963 29 Cardozo L. Rev. 927

Code of Federal Regulations

Format your Code of Federal Regulations citation like the examples below:

40 CFR 129.4 20 CFR PART 404 APPENDIX I 17 CFR 230.429

Federal Register

Format your Federal Register citation like the examples below:

64 FR 71680 63 FR 33835 58 FR 51735

State Registers

State Official Register Name Citation Format

Alabama

Not Online

N/A

Alaska

Alaska Administrative Journal

24 AAJ 94

Arkansas

Arkansas Government Register

72 ARGR 40

Arizona

Not Online

N/A

California

California Regulatory Law Bulletin

2005-40 CRLB 495

Connecticut

Connecticut Law Journal

58 conn l j 14

Delaware

Delaware Government Register

40 DEGR 23

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Register

45 d c reg 7589

Florida

Florida Administrative Weekly

23 faw 463

Georgia

Georgia Government Register

10 GAGR 21

Hawaii

Hawaii Government Register

10 whgr 9

Idaho

Idaho Administrative Bulletin

97-1 iab 187

Illinois

Illinois Register

27 l reg 1154

Indiana

Indiana Register

29 ind reg 2898

Iowa

Iowa Administrative Bulletin

19 iowa admin bull 1142

Kansas

Kansas Register

18-35 kan reg 1272

Kentucky

Not Online

N/A

Louisiana

Louisiana Register

26 LR 99

Maine

Maine Government Register

71 megr 139

Maryland

Maryland Register

30-5 md reg 377

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Register

808 ma reg 79

Michigan

Not Online

N/A

Minnesota

Minnesota State Register

24 minn reg 1379

Mississippi

Mississippi Government Register

15 msgr 3

Missouri

Missouri Register

23 moreg 2503

Montana

Not Online

N/A

Nebraska

Nebraska Government Register

7 negr 39

Nevada

Nev. Register of Admin. Regulations

23-4 nev reg 1999

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Government Register

7 nh gov reg 176

New Jersey

New Jersey Register

38 njr 3095(b)

New Mexico

New Mexico Register

8 n m reg 69

New York

New York Register

2006-22 N.Y. St. Reg. 40

North Carolina

North Carolina Register

13 nc reg 621

North Dakota

Not Online

N/A

Ohio

OH - The Register of Ohio

2006 OH Reg. 7030008

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Register

19 ok reg 2299

Oregon

Oregon Bulletin

45-7 Or Admin R Bull 3

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Bulletin

27 pa bull 701

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Government Register

52 rigr 85

South Carolina

South Carolina State Register

30-3 sc reg 1

South Dakota

South Dakota Register

23 south dakota reg 123

Tennessee

Tennessee Administrative Register

25-7 tenn admin reg 14

Texas

Texas Register

22 texreg 1317

Utah

Utah State Bulletin

99-17 utah bull 4

Vermont

Vermont Government Register

77 vtgr 4

Virginia

Virginia Register of Regulations

15 va regs reg 2667

Washington

Washington State Register

96-24 wsr 3

West Virginia

Not Online

N/A

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Administrative Register

488 wis admin reg 43

Wyoming

Wyoming Government Register

20 wygr 19

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