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California Legislative Information Code Text
Source ID california_codes_leginfo. Use source caveats and join keys before treating context records as court facts.
Source overview
| Source ID | california_codes_leginfo |
| Name | California Legislative Information Code Text |
| Owner | California Legislative Counsel |
| Layer | statute_reference |
| Coverage | California code sections such as Penal Code, Health and Safety Code, Vehicle Code, and Welfare and Institutions Code. Official PUBINFO downloads provide session/current/daily archives with code and law-section tables. The sample index includes 17 bounded official section-page fixtures; a current PUBINFO range extractor now proves CODES_TBL, LAW_SECTION_TBL, LAW_SECTION_TBL_*.lob, LAW_TOC_TBL, and LAW_TOC_SECTIONS_TBL parsing by extracting PEN:487, HSC:11352, and VEH:10851 from pubinfo_2025.zip without downloading the full 915 MB archive. |
| Formats | HTML, ZIP, tab_delimited, LOB, SQL |
| Join keys | code, section, severity, statute_label |
| Caveats | Charge strings may include shorthand, amendments, local ordinances, and historical code versions. |
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Source artifacts
| Artifact ID | Source ID | Artifact Type | Path | URL | Captured At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | california_codes_leginfo | statute_reference | - | - | - |
Full source record
| Access Mode | official_pubinfo_bulk_download |
| Cadence | legislative session updates |
| Coverage | California code sections such as Penal Code, Health and Safety Code, Vehicle Code, and Welfare and Institutions Code. Official PUBINFO downloads provide session/current/daily archives with code and law-section tables. The sample index includes 17 bounded official section-page fixtures; a current PUBINFO range extractor now proves CODES_TBL, LAW_SECTION_TBL, LAW_SECTION_TBL_*.lob, LAW_TOC_TBL, and LAW_TOC_SECTIONS_TBL parsing by extracting PEN:487, HSC:11352, and VEH:10851 from pubinfo_2025.zip without downloading the full 915 MB archive. |
| Government Level | state |
| ID | california_codes_leginfo |
| Layer | statute_reference |
| Name | California Legislative Information Code Text |
| Owner | California Legislative Counsel |
| Profile Status | implemented_targeted_pubinfo_sync_worker |
| Canonical Records | statute, court_charge, source_record |
| Caveats | Charge strings may include shorthand, amendments, local ordinances, and historical code versions. |
| Evidence | artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-downloads-index.html, artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-ftprotocol-page.html, artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-pubinfo-readme.pdf, artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-pubinfo-readme.txt, artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-pubinfo-load.zip, artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-pubinfo-downloads.profile.json, artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-pubinfo-current-section-range-profile.json, artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-pubinfo-Thu.sample.zip, artifacts/source-discovery/leginfo-pubinfo-1989.sample.zip, scripts/parse_leginfo_pubinfo_codes.py, scripts/sync_leginfo_pubinfo_statutes.py, data/statute_raw/manifest.json, data/statute_raw/pubinfo-current-samples.manifest.json, data/statute_raw/PEN_487_pubinfo.json, data/statute_raw/HSC_11352_pubinfo.json, data/statute_raw/VEH_10851_pubinfo.json |
| Formats | HTML, ZIP, tab_delimited, LOB, SQL |
| Join Keys | code, section, severity, statute_label |
| Known Endpoints | GET https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/, GET https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip, GET https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_daily_{Day}.zip, GET https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_{Day}.zip, GET https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_load.zip, HTTP Range GET for central-directory/member proof only |
| Rate Limit Notes | Use the bulk PUBINFO archives to materialize a local statute dimension; do not hit LegInfo live per charge or API request., HTTP Range extraction is only for bounded profiling and targeted freshness checks; production should download each selected archive once and parse locally. |
| Source Urls | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml, https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ |
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