§ Firecrawl AlexandriaGovernment & Legal Index
The law,
at the source.Now in Claude.
Get the statute, regulation or court opinion behind every answer, quoted and cited from the Government & Legal Index: 30M+ data points of US law.
§ Tested by our design partners
What will California’s minimum wage be in 2027?
“Beginning January 1, 2027, California’s statewide minimum wage will increase to $17.40 per hour, helping wages keep pace with inflation…”
DIR News Release No. 2026-66California Department of Industrial Relations
- What will California’s minimum wage be in 2027? Source: California Department of Industrial Relations.
- How much notice does my landlord have to give before evicting me in Texas? Source: Texas Legislature.
- Is there a cap on rent increases in California? Source: California Legislative Information.
- Did the FTC remove its noncompete rule? Source: Federal Trade Commission.
- What’s the most I can sue for in small claims court in Texas? Source: Texas State Law Library.
§ The citation web
Follow the citations to the controlling authority.
Legal text keeps pointing to other legal text. In Claude, ChatGPT, Grok Bot or the API, you can find the pages that cite a statute or case, and Alexandria lists what each result cites, so your assistant can trace a question to the authority that decides it.
§ Inside the index
30M+data points of US law.
Mostly from government sites, searched as one index. Every result quotes its source and lists what it cites.
- Federal
- Statutes, regulations, court opinions, bills, tax forms and agency guidance
- State
- Codes, bills, session laws, agency and tax guidance
- County & city
- Ordinances, municipal and zoning codes, permits and fee schedules
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600
California Legislative Information
“(a) Except as provided in this chapter, every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.”
- jurisdiction
us-ca
California
- cited_as
us-ca:bus-prof-code:16600
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600
- cites
us:cal4th:44:937
Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP, 44 Cal. 4th 937 (2008)
§ Install once
Add Firecrawl to the AI you already use.
One free plugin brings the Government & Legal Index, and the rest of Firecrawl Alexandria, into every chat. There's no API key to paste.
Coding agents
Any other agent? Add the Firecrawl CLI and skills:
npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all --browser
§ For builders
One call. The law itself.
Put the same index in your own agent or app. Searching is free, and you don't need an API key to start.
- API
- GET /v2/search/gov
- MCP
- firecrawl_gov_search
- CLI
- firecrawl gov
- SDKs
- govSearch() · gov_search()
Terminal
$ firecrawl gov "California rent increase cap" --limit 3
- 01
Bill Text - AB-1482 Tenant Protection Act of 2019: tenancy: rent caps.
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482
- 02
California Code, CIV 1947.12
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1947.12
- 03
Know Your Rights as a California Tenant - English - Consumer Alert - California Department of Justice
oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/Know-Your-Rights-Tenants-English.pdf
§ FAQ
Common questions.
What is the Firecrawl Government & Legal Index?
A search index of 30M+ data points, mostly from US federal, state, county and city government sites. It covers statutes and code sections, regulations, local ordinances and zoning codes, permits, court opinions, bills, tax forms and agency guidance, and every result links to its source.
Is it free?
Yes. Searching the index uses no credits. Adding Firecrawl to Claude or ChatGPT takes a free Firecrawl account, and the API works without a key to start.
How do I use it in Claude, ChatGPT or Grok Bot?
Add the Firecrawl connector in Claude, or the official Firecrawl plugin in ChatGPT or Grok Bot, then ask a legal, tax or compliance question. The Try it button at the top opens Claude or ChatGPT with a question ready, and gives you the link to connect Firecrawl if you haven't yet. For Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI, use the coding agent links in the install section.
How do the citations work?
Through Firecrawl Alexandria, each result lists the statutes and cases it cites as canonical IDs, such as us:usc:42:1983, and you can filter by jurisdiction, court, court type, cited law and site. Your assistant can follow those links from a summary to the authority it relies on.
Which jurisdictions does it cover?
US federal, state and local law, from the U.S. Code to city ordinances. It focuses on US law, so for other countries your assistant should use general search, and no results doesn't mean no law applies.
Is this legal advice?
No. The index finds the sources and links them, and you or your assistant read them. Check who issued a source, its jurisdiction and whether it is current before relying on it, and ask a lawyer about your situation.
Can I use it in my own agent or app?
Yes. Call GET or POST /v2/search/gov, use firecrawl_gov_search in the Firecrawl MCP server or firecrawl gov in the CLI, or the Python and Node SDKs. Each of them filters by jurisdiction, court, court type, cited law and site. Through Firecrawl Alexandria, the firecrawl-gov-index provider also lists the laws and cases each page cites.