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Gather statutory information quickly so you can gain insights and craft strategies

Take your regulatory research to a new level of ease, speed, and thoroughness

Westlaw StatutesPlus combines book-like indexing, browsing, and viewing with links to everything discussing your statute - all in one place. Find, verify, and interpret statutes easily and thoroughly, knowing your research is complete and on point.

The statutes research you've always wanted - only on Westlaw
Find statutes easily with powerful search
  • Have only a few key terms? Indexes, the best statute "finding" tool for print, are only on Westlaw
  • Know the common name? For pinpoint accuracy, use the popular name table
  • Familiar with the subject matter? Link directly from the table of contents
  • Have a citation or section number? Preformatted templates save you time
Friendly interface simplifies your work
  • Access more readable text that's like a book
  • Open an entire chapter for easy browsing
  • Don't miss a thing with KeyCite history and citing references
  • Faster access to referenced subsections
Thorough, on-point interpretation
  • Link to all documents discussing your statute - cases, analysis, and KeyCite references
  • Track your bill through the legislative process, link to its history and see past versions - all from the statute you're viewing
  • Indexed notes of decisions give you a custom index of West headnotes and relevant cases
  • Jump to cases and West Key Numbers
Link to a statute's history in a seamless search
  • Federal and state legislative history libraries are fully integrated on Westlaw, saving you hours of time
  • Find the statute and see the reports, testimony, and journals leading to its enactment or amendments
  • Feel confident that your research is thorough and accurate
Use PastStat Locator - the most advanced way to look back
  • Get instant access to the exact version of a statute as it existed at the time of your client's legal matter
  • Enter the historical date, and PastStat Locator goes to work, showing you the text as it existed then

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