Get statute section metadata

Get detailed metadata for a specific statute section by its ID.

Cost: 1 credit ($0.01)

The actId is returned in search results and Ask API sources (e.g., USC_T42_C21_S1983).

Returns citation, title hierarchy, breadcrumb, and links to all available formats.

GET /api/v1/statutes/section/{act_id}

Get statute section metadata

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.vaquill.ai/api/v1/statutes/section/{act_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

200

{
  "section": {
    "actId": "<string>",
    "citation": "<string>",
    "citationShort": "<string>",
    "title": "<string>",
    "corpusType": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>",
    "year": 123,
    "relevanceScore": 0,
    "excerpt": "",
    "titleNumber": 123,
    "titleName": "<string>",
    "chapter": "<string>",
    "chapterName": "<string>",
    "sectionNumber": "<string>",
    "displayPath": "<string>",
    "breadcrumb": [
      {}
    ],
    "htmlUrl": "<string>",
    "pdfUrl": "<string>",
    "xmlUrl": "<string>",
    "textUrl": "<string>",
    "docxUrl": "<string>",
    "stateHtmlUrl": "<string>",
    "govInfoHtmlUrl": "<string>",
    "govInfoPdfUrl": "<string>",
    "externalUrl": "<string>"
  },
  "processingTimeMs": 0,
  "creditsConsumed": 0
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API key issued from the Vaquill developer dashboard. Pass as Authorization: Bearer vq_key_...

Path Parameters

act_id · string · required

Section identifier (e.g., 'USC_T42_C21_S1983').

Required string length: 3 - 200

Example:

"USC_T42_C21_S1983"

Response

200

application/json

Successful Response

Detailed section metadata (no full text, use /body for that).

section · StatuteResult · object · required

A single statute section from search results.

Show child attributes

processingTimeMs · number · default: 0

creditsConsumed · number · default: 0