One search endpoint over the statutes of 54 countries and regions. Every hit returns the provision as the official source published it, with its section citation, legal force and source link — over REST or MCP.
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労働基準法
第二章 労働契約 · 第二十条（解雇の予告）
使用者は、労働者を解雇しようとする場合においては、少くとも三十日前にその予告をしなければならない。三十日前に予告をしない使用者は、三十日分以上の平均賃金を支払わなければならない。但し、天災事変その他やむを得ない事由のために事業の継続が不可能となつた場合又は労働者の責に帰すべき事由に基いて解雇する場合においては、この限りでない。
前項の予告の日数は、一日について平均賃金を支払つた場合においては、その日数を短縮することができる。
{
"kind": "result",
"result": {
"query": "解雇の予告",
"result_count": 1,
"results": [
{
"id": "wq_jp_5b89e4a20f42e4c9#article-20",
"jurisdiction": "jp",
"work": {
"title": "労働基準法",
"legal_force": "in_force",
"source_urls": ["https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049"]
},
"section": {
"ref": "article-20",
"num_label": "第二十条",
"heading_path": "第二章 労働契約",
"language": "ja",
"text": "使用者は、労働者を解雇しようとする場合においては、少くとも三十日前に…"
},
"url": "https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049"
}
]
},
"trace": {}
}§ Quickstart
No SDK to install. During the beta a key is optional; an invalid key is always rejected, so wire auth the way you will ship it.
curl 'https://lawapi.app/api/v1/search?q=unfair+dismissal&limit=5' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer lawapi_…'curl 'https://lawapi.app/api/v1/search' \
--data-urlencode 'q=Kündigungsfrist' \
--data-urlencode 'jurisdiction=de' -Gsearch tool for any MCP client{
"mcpServers": {
"lawapi": { "url": "https://lawapi.app/mcp" }
}
}§ What comes back
Each hit is one provision. The fields below are the contract; a model can quote section.text and point at url without inventing anything.
| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
section.text | The provision as the official source published it, in the source language. Gazette-style sources keep their own markup. |
section.num_label | The label to cite: 第二十条, § 66, section-239, Article L1234-1. |
section.heading_path | Where the provision sits: part / chapter / heading, as written in the act. |
section.language | BCP 47 tag of the text. Filter or route translation on it. |
section.is_authoritative | false marks a non-binding version, such as an official translation. |
work.legal_force | in_force, repealed, not_yet_in_force, or unknown when the source does not state it. |
work.source_urls · url | The official publication to link to. Every hit has one. |
§ Coverage
Counts are laws in the live index. Each jurisdiction is imported from its own official publisher and kept in its own language.
Bars are on a square-root scale so the long tail stays visible next to Italy and France. Jurisdictions still being imported are listed on the coverage page, along with how to ask for one.
§ Pricing
A search costs 4 credits, a single work or section fetch costs 1. Billing is off during the beta; the free tier is the floor, not a trial.
| Plan | Free | Pay as you go | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0per month | $10per 1,000 credits | Talk to usannual |
| Credits | 1,000 / month | No minimum, no expiry during beta | Committed volume |
| Rate limit | 60 requests / min | 120 requests / min | Negotiated |
| Coverage | All 54 jurisdictions | All 54 jurisdictions | All, plus jurisdiction priority |
| Extras | REST + MCP | REST + MCP | Bulk export, SLA |
§ Why it exists
We store the provision as published and return it unchanged. Translation, summarisation and ranking sit on top, never in the record.
work.legal_force travels with the provision, so a repealed section cannot pass as current law.
Each result points at the government publication it came from. Citations resolve to the source, not to us.