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Missouri 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
- Missouri Legal Research (Wanda M. Temm & Julie M. Cheslik) KFM 7875 .T46 2007
- State Documents Bibliography: Missouri (Judy Stark) KFM 875 .S737 2010
- Missouri Practice Materials (bibliography of Missouri practice materials prepared by the reference librarians at Washington University Law Library)
Statutes & Legislation
Constitution
- Missouri Constitution (from the Missouri General Assembly)
Statutes/Code
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: MO-ST-ANN
- LexisNexis: MO - Rev Statutes of Missouri, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
- Missouri Revised Statutes (from the Missouri General Assembly)
- Print: Missouri Revised Statutes (official), KFM7830 2000 .A24 2000, & Vernon's Annotated Missouri Statutes (unofficial), KFM7830 1951 .A4
Legislative History
- Electronic:
- Missouri Session Laws
- HeinOnline (1813 to present)
- LLMC Digital (1891-1995)
- Missouri Bill Tracking (1995 to present) (from the Missouri General Assembly)
Bill tracking reports provide links to bill texts, bill summaries, and fiscal notes. - Missouri House & Senate Journals (from the Missouri General Assembly)
- Westlaw: MO-LH (Bill histories (2000 to present), Journals (1999 to present), Governor's messages (2001 to present))
- LexisNexis: Missouri Legislative Bill History (2006 to present, with limited coverage from 2002-2005 sessions and 2008 session)
- Missouri Session Laws
- Print:
- Missouri Session Laws (microfiche), KFM7825 .A2 Micro (1813-1818, 1820-1919, 1921-2006, now cancelled)
Legislature
Regulations & Agencies
Regulations
- Missouri Code of State Regulations
- Print: Missouri Code of State Regulations Annotated KFM7835 1976 .A23 (Subscription cancelled in 2008)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw:
- MO-ADC (current code)
- Missouri Administrative & Executive Materials (2002-2009)
- Lexis: MO - Missouri Code of State Regulations
- Internet: Code of State Regulations (from the State of Missouri)
- Westlaw:
- Missouri Register
- LexisNexis: MO - Missouri Register (1997 to present)
- Internet: Missouri Register (October 1, 1999 to present) (from the State of Missouri)
Agencies
- Governor's Office
- Executive Departments
- Attorney General's Office
- Attorney General Opinions
- AG's Office: Opinions (1968 to present)
- Westlaw: MO-AG (1977 to present)
- LexisNexis: MO Attorney General Opinions (1977 to present)
Cases & Courts
Cases
- Print: South Western Reporter, KF135 .S7 (1st series), KF135 .S712 (2nd series), & KF135 .S713 (3rd series)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw:
- LexisNexis:
- Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (1997 to present) (from the Missouri Courts)
Courts
- Missouri Judiciary
- Missouri Supreme Court
- Court Rules (from Missouri Courts)
- Court and Judicial Statistics (from Missouri Courts)
Local Government
- County Web Sites (from the Missouri Association of Counties)
- Missouri Municipal League
- County and Municipal Ordinances (selected ordinances, from Municode.com)
- LexisNexis: Missouri Municipal Codes (varies by municipality)
Journals
- Missouri Law Review
- Print: K13 .I88 (1936 to present, subscription cancelled in 2010)
- Electronic:
- HeinOnline (1936 to present)
- LexisNexis: Missouri Law Review (1993 to present)
- Westlaw: MOLR (1993 to present, selected coverage (1983-1992))
- Internet: Missouri Law Review (2002 to present) (from the MU School of Law)
- Journal of the Missouri Bar
- Print: K13 .I87 (1933, 1935-1941), K10 .O769 (1947-2007, subscription cancelled in 2008)
- Electronic:
- HeinOnline: Missouri Bar Journal (1930-1944)
- Westlaw: JMOB (selected coverage, 1991 to present)
- LexisNexis: Journal of the Missouri Bar (1995 to present)
- Internet: Journal of the Missouri Bar (March 1997 to present) (from The Missouri Bar)
General
- MO.gov (Official Missouri State Website)
- Missouri Practice
- Print: KFM7880 .M5
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: MO-PRAC
- Missouri State Library
- Missouri Bar
- Legal Ethics
- Rules of Professional Conduct (from Missouri Courts)
- Ethics Opinions (from The Missouri Bar)
- Formal Opinions (Missouri Deskbook to present)
- Informal Advisory Opinions (1993 to present)
- Tax Forms (from the Missouri Department of Revenue)
- FindLaw: Missouri
- Legal Information Institute: Missouri
- Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: Missouri
- Missouri Law Blogs
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