lawSearch

verifiedv0.1

Live tool: law.search. 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).

Updated 9/3/2026 · Created 9/3/2026

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "mode": {
      "enum": [
        "hybrid",
        "semantic",
        "keyword"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "hybrid",
      "description": "Retrieval mode. 'hybrid' (default) fuses vector similarity with keyword search."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Number of results to return (1–25)."
    },
    "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."
    }
  }
}

Full Contract

{
  "name": "lawSearch",
  "description": "Live tool: law.search. 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).",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "query"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "mode": {
        "enum": [
          "hybrid",
          "semantic",
          "keyword"
        ],
        "type": "string",
        "default": "hybrid",
        "description": "Retrieval mode. 'hybrid' (default) fuses vector similarity with keyword search."
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 8,
        "maximum": 25,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "Number of results to return (1–25)."
      },
      "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."
      }
    }
  }
}

GET /api/tool/corpuslaw.us/lawSearch