# On the Books

> Every law in every town. Plain-English answers about any US municipality's local ordinances, cited to the chapter and section of the town's official published code. 9,600+ municipalities in all 50 states.

On the Books (https://onthebooks.org) is an independent reference desk, not affiliated with any town or code publisher. Answers are not legal advice; every answer links the official source so it can be verified.

## Pages

- Home / ask a question: https://onthebooks.org/ (first question in any town is free)
- Towns by state: https://onthebooks.org/towns/ — one page per town describing what its code covers, how current it is, and the official source URL
- Topics across towns: https://onthebooks.org/topics/
- Rankings and fun facts: https://onthebooks.org/rankings.html, https://onthebooks.org/facts.html
- The Town Hall Pass (pricing): https://onthebooks.org/pass/ — $5 a year, 150 questions plus unlimited library-wide search; Day Pass $2; Pro Pass $15 / 30 days
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- Contact: https://onthebooks.org/contact/ — or hello@onthebooks.org
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## Sitemaps

- https://onthebooks.org/sitemap.xml
- https://onthebooks.org/towns/sitemap.xml (sitemap index, one file per state)

## For agents and bulk use

Town pages are static and may be read and cited freely. The question-answering endpoint is for people holding a pass; automated or bulk querying of it is against the terms. Programmatic access, feeds, extracts, and watched sets of towns are arranged directly: https://onthebooks.org/about/#bulk or hello@onthebooks.org.