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Citations to statutes of a particular jurisdiction follow a particular pattern. This uniformity of citation helps researchers find the materials they need more quickly. Different jurisdictions, however, do not necessarily follow the same pattern. For instance, citations to federal statutes differ from those to Texas statutes.
The elements of a Texas statutory citation are:
Section or article
In Texas, you will see two different versions of this same citation pattern. The most common citation will be to the annotated Codes, but another citation will be to the Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated. Both citations are current--the Revised Civil Statutes are simply an older arrangement of the Texas statutes. (For more information on this process, see here.)
For example, for the statute Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 178d-1, § 2 (Vernon Supp. 2009):
"Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann." is the abbreviation for Vernon’s Annotated Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas.
"art. 178d-1, § 2" refers to article 178d-1, section 2, of the statute, which deals with the special event parking charge limitations.
"Vernon" is not the current publisher of the Texas statutes; they are published by Thomson West. Since Vernon was the original publisher of the Texas statutes, they are still commonly referred to as Vernon’s.
"Supp. 2009" is the date of the paper supplement that contains the most current language of the statute.
Another example is Tex. Nat. Res. Code Ann. § 89.043 (Vernon 2001 & Supp. 2009):
"Tex. Nat. Res. Code Ann." is the abbreviation for Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated-Natural Resources.
"§ 89.043" is the section in the Natural Resource Code that is being cited.
"2001 & Supp. 2009" is the copyright date of the bound volume of the Natural Resources Code and the publication date of the pocket part for that volume. There is language of the statute in both places that is currently in effect.
You may encounter citations to Texas statutes that have been abbreviated to "VTCA" (Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated) and "VATS" (Vernon’s Annotated Texas Statutes).
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The Texas Statutes are also available online, as well as on Lexis and Westlaw.
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