law.search
Search US law
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Search US federal, state, and municipal law by topic or keyword — use it for any question about what the law currently says (legality, permits, zoning, licensing, compliance, filing requirements) rather than relying on training data, which has a cutoff. Returns ranked provisions with verbatim citations, headings, and snippets. Call this first to discover relevant law, then law.get_node for the full official text. Pass jurisdiction to scope to one state/federal/city (see law.list_coverage for codes).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | yes | Natural-language or keyword query, e.g. 'distillery permit requirements'. |
| jurisdiction | string | no | Optional short code to scope the search, e.g. 'TX', 'US', or 'CA-SF'. Call law.list_coverage for valid codes. Includes the jurisdiction's sub-jurisdictions. |
| mode | string | no | Retrieval mode. 'hybrid' (default) fuses vector similarity with keyword search. |
| limit | integer | no | Number of results to return (1–25). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Natural-language or keyword query, e.g. 'distillery permit requirements'."
},
"jurisdiction": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional short code to scope the search, e.g. 'TX', 'US', or 'CA-SF'. Call law.list_coverage for valid codes. Includes the jurisdiction's sub-jurisdictions."
},
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"hybrid",
"semantic",
"keyword"
],
"default": "hybrid",
"description": "Retrieval mode. 'hybrid' (default) fuses vector similarity with keyword search."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 25,
"default": 8,
"description": "Number of results to return (1–25)."
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
}