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The State Library has a comprehensive collection of New Jersey and federal legal materials and offers extensive reference assistance to government employees.

For guidance on finding legal resources, contact the Law Library. Reference assistance cannot be provided in a way that requires librarians to interpret any law and/or facts offered by a patron or provide legal advice.

The NJ State Library West State Street location Law Library.
The NJ State Library West State Street location Law Library.

NJ Legislative Histories

A legislative history is a compilation of the documents which express the purpose or intent behind the passage of a particular law.  The State Library compiles histories on all New Jersey laws which are general and permanent. Appropriations, temporary and executed, and repealer acts are excluded.

Many legislative histories are digitized and available in our Legislative Histories archive. Digitization is ongoing; contact us for legislative histories not yet available online.


NJ Judiciary


NJ Legislature


NJ Executive and Administrative Law


NJ Constitutions and Colonial Law


Other Types of Law

The NJ State Library West State Street location Law Library.
The NJ State Library West State Street location Law Library.

Legal Research Tools & Reference Materials

The NJ State Library and Talking Book and Braille Center will also be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025 for Presidents Day.
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