50 State Surveys of Primary Law on lexis.com® (01/08)
LexisNexis® 50 State Surveys of Statutes and Regulations are now available on lexis.com. These surveys are unique in that they offer an overview of legislation, regulations and even court rules that address a particular topic. No other provider offers all of this content in one survey. These surveys are available on a transactional basis.
What it is?
LexisNexis 50 State Surveys of Statutes and Regulations let you view the general statutory and regulatory provisions covering a designated topic for all 50 states—with a single mouse click. Each survey contains links to the relevant codes and regulations so that you can easily view the full text. There’s no need to spend valuable time searching across multiple sources for similar codes and regulations. The LexisNexis 50 State Surveys of Statutes and Regulations compile the list of relevant sections.
Here is an example to help explain what it does.
For example, let’s say your attorneys are launching a new business venture in multiple states and have asked you to do some background on each state’s laws governing fictitious names. This is an intensely time-consuming task. Using 50 State Surveys on LexisNexis®, you can simply click on the link for Fictitious Business Names. No source selection. No searching. Clicking on the link for a specific topic (in this case Fictitious Business Names) displays an Excel® spreadsheet listing statutes and regulations from all 50 states that are pertinent to that topic. States are listed alphabetically with separate sections for statutes and regulations. If you want to view the full text of a specific section, click on the section cite. (Note: you must have access to Microsoft® Excel® to display survey results.)
Where can I find it?
From lexis.com you can use any one of the following paths:
Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Combined States > Statutes & Legislative Materials
Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Combined States > Statutes & Legislative Materials > Codes, Constitutions, Court Rules & ALS
Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Combined States > Statutes & Legislative Materials > Codes, Constitutions, Court Rules & ALS > Codes
Legal > Legislation & Politics - U.S. & U.K.
What does it cost?
The surveys are only available on a transactional basis for $125.00 per survey (this is the cost to view the survey), plus any Get a Document charges for actually linking into the statutes. Compare this transactional charge with spending hours running lots of searches across the different State Statutes and State Regulations.
Who created the surveys? Will more topics be added in the future?
The surveys are assembled by our experienced LexisNexis editors who carefully study statutes of each state to identify those that are most relevant for each topic. Surveys on additional topics will be added weekly throughout the years. If you have a suggestion for a topic, please share that with your LexisNexis representative.
