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District of Columbia Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in this state. Members of the Georgetown University community may seek additional assistance at the reference desk or online.

Research Guides

Statutes & Legislation

Statutes/Code

Legislative History

  • Legislative History section from the DC Research In Depth Guide (Georgetown Law Library)
  • Council of District of Columbia Legislative Information Management System
    • Bills, resolutions, acts, committee reports and other documents, and voting records from 1989-present; status of current bills and resolutions.
  • District of Columbia Register (DCR) KFD1235 .A25 (1954 - )
    The District of Columbia Register is the weekly official legal bulletin published by the DC government, which contains all Council Laws, acts and hearings, and rules and regulations. Sometimes the final version of a law is not included.

Legislature

Regulations & Agencies

Regulations

  • District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR)
    • Print: KFD1235 1981 .A23 (out-of-date)
    • DCMR Online (official)
      Searchable by Rule Number, Agency, Chapter Number, and full text
      Note: The new official, online version was recently revised and contains the most accurate, official, up-to-date information. Other versions of D.C. municipal regulations may contain errors.
    • Code of D.C. Municipal Regulations (Weil's Code) (commercial version, updated monthly, with an index)
    • West's District of Columbia Municipal Regulations
      "[O]fficial regulations issued by agencies in the District of Columbia, as updated by West."
  • District of Columbia Register (DCR) KFD1235 .A25 (1954 - )
    • Use the D.C. Register to update the information in the DCMR. The D.C. Register contains "List of Sections Amended of D.C. Municipal Regulations" in the first issue of each month. If the List of Sections Amended is not published for the month, check the Final Rulemaking section of the Table of Contents of each weekly edition of the DCR published since the last update of the DCMR.
    • D.C. Register Online (official)
    • HeinOnline (1980 - )
    • Westlaw: DC-ADR (select documents only) (January 1, 1999 - )
    • LexisNexis: DC - District of Columbia Register (January 2, 1998 - )

Agencies

Cases & Courts

Cases

Courts

State Law Reviews & Bar Journals

GENERAL

Updated 8/11 (MS)

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