Louisiana — Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes

Complete, unannotated statutory corpus and directed cross-reference citation graph for the State of Louisiana across all 59 titles & codes and 1,599 distinct chapters, cryptographically sealed from official Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov) sources.

59 Titles & Codes

1,599 Distinct Chapters

52,280 Statutory Sections

284,610 Subsections

30,653 Citation Edges

100% AKN 3.0 XSD Valid

Single-Snapshot Dataset Acquisition • 10/2026 Edition

Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes — Complete Medallion Snapshot

One-time purchase for the complete October 2026 (10/2026) edition single-snapshot dataset of the Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes. Includes perpetual commercial license rights to the Bronze raw source payloads, Silver OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML archive, Gold Apache Parquet tables (sections, subsections, edges), and SHA-256 provenance manifests.

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3. Restrictions on Bulk Redistribution

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Medallion Architecture Deliverables

Three-tier statutory distribution with end-to-end SHA-256 cryptographic lineage from raw legislative payload to analytical Parquet tables.

Bronze Layer

Immutable Source Payloads

Verbatim section payloads captured from the Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov) with wire-level SHA-256 hashes and structural hierarchy metadata.

Source Authority Louisiana State Legislature
Sealed Payloads 52,280 Files
Lineage Manifest bronze_manifest.jsonl
Integrity Seal manifest.sha256 (0444)

Silver Layer

OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML

Normalized, schema-validated OASIS LegalDocML (Akoma Ntoso 3.0) XML documents containing strictly enacted statutory text, subsection hierarchy, and session-law history citations.

XML Standard OASIS AKN 3.0 (XSD 1.0)
Validated Docs 52,280 / 52,280 (100%)
History Coverage 52,280 / 52,280 (100.0%)
Third-Party IP / Notes 0 (Strictly Stripped)

Gold Layer

Apache Parquet & Citation Graph

Snappy-compressed Apache Parquet tables (sections, subsections, edges) and pre-indexed DuckDB analytical catalog ready for immediate SQL, Polars, PyArrow, or RAG/LLM ingestion.

Section Table 52,280 Rows (39.33 MB)
Subsection Table 284,610 Rows (36.54 MB)
Citation Graph 30,653 Directed Edges
DuckDB Catalog keystone_lars.duckdb

Artifact / Archive	Layer / Format	Records	Size	SHA-256 Cryptographic Seal
sections.parquet	Gold Columnar Table (Snappy Parquet)	52,280	39.33 MB	b5ec13fac00b30b18fc462b8642a1bff1cb66e5b3293028f0b3c0ce2976d9ff1
subsections.parquet	Gold Hierarchical Paragraphs (Snappy Parquet)	284,610	36.54 MB	6ffb31ae3019313ce0d833c2b0db875310f16bf5e40d4890330ad21fb2f08d1a
edges.parquet	Gold Directed Citation Graph (Snappy Parquet)	30,653	486.43 KB	21056d8863d54e06b19b2660322ca9cdf39614bcf1df4a8ebb8b03b87d01a8f9
keystone_lars_bronze_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Bronze Source Archive (Raw Payloads + Manifests)	52,280 files	36.96 MB	fd860aa8667e9f94dc5ad206f108b1cf3a593d11f3f9c821a41e8c29808f5367
keystone_lars_silver_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Silver OASIS AKN 3.0 XML Archive (XML + XSD + Manifests)	52,280 docs	44.86 MB	f3e150c91ee497beeba156194fb121a1394fa3966472f1942622bbd9d88adb2a
keystone_lars_gold_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Gold Release Archive (Parquet + Manifests)	367,543	64.75 MB	591fd8372b7b30c650b7b1d8b1487bd44e380a40a84adfb5dd2edefe463452b3
keystone_lars_title1_sample.tar.gz	Title 1 Sample Showcase Slice (Title 1 — General Provisions)	43 secs	36.48 KB	cf7d6352a69158d2e50b7deed087d41ad6de346868f8d334e77c1413b288fd48

Canonical Record Specimen: La. R.S. 1-11

Side-by-side view of Section 1-11 (Population, how determined; new census) in Silver OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML and Gold Parquet JSON representation.

            data/silver/lars/akn_xml/title_01/LARS-1-11.xml
            Silver OASIS AKN 3.0
          

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<akomaNtoso xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"
            xmlns:meta="https://pipeline.local/schema/meta">
  <act name="statute">
    <meta>
      <identification source="#pipeline">
        <FRBRWork>
          <FRBRthis value="/us-la/act/lars/title-01/section-1-11"/>
          <FRBRdate date="2026-10-17" name="snapshot"/>
          <FRBRcountry value="US-LA"/>
        </FRBRWork>
      </identification>
      <proprietary source="#pipeline">
        <meta:source_html_sha256>6451779ec5e93a89...0ed9c</meta:source_html_sha256>
        <meta:doc_id>LARS-1-11</meta:doc_id>
        <meta:jurisdiction>US-LA</meta:jurisdiction>
        <meta:container_id>01</meta:container_id>
        <meta:chapter_id>1</meta:chapter_id>
        <meta:chapter_name>INTERPRETATION OF REVISED STATUTES</meta:chapter_name>
        <meta:history_note>Acts 2010, No. 845, §2, eff. June 30, 2010, and §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.</meta:history_note>
      </proprietary>
    </meta>
    <body>
      <section eId="sec_1-11">
        <num>1-11</num>
        <heading>Population, how determined; new census</heading>
        <paragraph eId="sec_1-11__para_1" class="indent-1">
          <num>A.</num>
          <content>
            <p>A. Except as otherwise provided, the number of inhabitants of
            a political subdivision is that shown by the latest regular or
            special federal census.</p>
          </content>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph eId="sec_1-11__para_2" class="indent-1">
          <num>B.</num>
          <content>
            <p>B. To provide for orderly transition in the implementation of
            any law applicable to a class of political subdivisions
            identified by a population category, a particular federal
            census shall become the &quot;latest&quot; and th...</p>
          </content>
        </paragraph>
      </section>
    </body>
  </act>
</akomaNtoso>

            gold.sections / gold.subsections / gold.edges
            Gold Parquet Row
          

// 1. sections.parquet (Primary Key: doc_id = "LARS-1-11")
{
  "jurisdiction": "US-LA",
  "doc_id": "LARS-1-11",
  "universal_doc_id": "US-LA-LARS-1-11",
  "container_type": "title",
  "container_id": "01",
  "container_name": "Title 1 — General Provisions",
  "title": 1,
  "chapter_id": "1",
  "chapter_name": "INTERPRETATION OF REVISED STATUTES",
  "subchapter_id": "",
  "subchapter_name": "",
  "section_number": "1-11",
  "heading": "Population, how determined; new census",
  "paragraph_count": 2,
  "history_note": "Acts 2010, No. 845, §2, eff. June 30, 2010, and §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.",
  "source_html_sha256": "6451779ec5e93a893e7e8cfbabe4566cf0321644dc7613509ac27ef93fb0ed9c",
  "akn_sha256": "f4d1979c29fa74e1b15d23a60c5c986ec3d7677bc3f34ab8e797d7a462a8137f"
}

// 2. subsections.parquet (2 rows for LARS-1-11)
{
  "doc_id": "LARS-1-11",
  "paragraph_eid": "sec_1-11__para_1",
  "paragraph_seq": 1,
  "enum_label": "A.",
  "indent_level": 1,
  "text": "A. Except as otherwise provided, the number of inhabitants of a political subdivision is that shown by the latest regular or special federal census."
}

// 3. edges.parquet (Sample Directed Citation Edge in Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes)
{
  "jurisdiction": "US-LA",
  "source_doc_id": "LARS-1-55",
  "source_section": "1-55",
  "target_doc_id": "LARS-29-251.2",
  "target_section": "29-251.2",
  "target_title": 29,
  "citation_count": 1
}

Gold Parquet Schema Specification

Standardized cross-jurisdiction schema shared across all 57 Keystone Legal Data statutory repositories.

Table	Column Name	Parquet Type	Description
sections.parquet	jurisdiction / doc_id / universal_doc_id	VARCHAR	Jurisdiction code (`US-LA`), collection-scoped primary key (`LARS-1-11`), and global key.
	container_type / container_id / container_name	VARCHAR	Top-level statutory container metadata (e.g., `title`, `01`, `Title 1 — General Provisions`).
	chapter_id / chapter_name	VARCHAR	Intermediate chapter/article identifier and official heading (100% populated across all 52,280 sections).
	section_number / heading	VARCHAR	Canonical section number (e.g., `1-11`) and cleaned catchline heading.
	full_text	VARCHAR	Complete, newline-delimited statutory text of the section (strictly enacted text only).
	history_note	VARCHAR	Legislative session-law enactment and amendment history citations (52,280 / 52,280 sections populated).
	paragraph_count	INT64	Number of child subsection paragraphs shredded into `subsections.parquet`.
	source_html_sha256 / akn_sha256	VARCHAR	Cryptographic SHA-256 digests linking the Gold row to its exact Silver XML and Bronze raw payload.
subsections.parquet	paragraph_eid / paragraph_seq	VARCHAR / INT64	OASIS AKN 3.0 element ID (`sec_1-11__para_1`) and deterministic 1-based sequence order within the section.
	enum_label / indent_level	VARCHAR / INT64	Extracted structural enumerator (e.g., `(a)`, `(1)`, `(A)`) and hierarchical indentation depth (`1`–`6`).
	text	VARCHAR	Cleaned text of the individual statutory subsection or paragraph.
edges.parquet	source_doc_id / target_doc_id	VARCHAR	Directed citation graph edge resolving in-text statutory references from citing section to cited target section.
edges.parquet	source_section / target_section / citation_count	VARCHAR / INT64	Canonical section numbers and frequency count of cross-references between the pair.

Complete 59-Container Inventory (Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes)

Breakdown of distinct chapters and statutory sections across all 59 titles & codes in the October 2026 edition.

Container	Container Heading	Chapters	Sections
Title 1	Title 1 — General Provisions	2	43
Title 2	Title 2 — Aeronautics	9	188
Title 3	Title 3 — Agriculture and Forestry	50	1,445
Title 4	Title 4 — Amusements and Sports	12	280
Title 6	Title 6 — Banks and Banking	29	809
Title 8	Title 8 — Cemeteries	21	200
Title 9	Title 9 — Civil Code-Ancillaries	20	2,355
Title 10	Title 10 — Commercial Laws	10	458
Title 11	Title 11 — Consolidated Public Retirement	9	1,796
Title 12	Title 12 — Corporations and Associations	28	924
Title 13	Title 13 — Courts and Judicial Procedure	61	2,055
Title 14	Title 14 — Criminal Law	3	730
Title 15	Title 15 — Criminal Procedure	30	1,061
Title 16	Title 16 — District Attorneys	4	274
Title 17	Title 17 — Education	74	2,160
Title 18	Title 18 — Louisiana Election Code	25	591
Title 19	Title 19 — Expropriation	1	217
Title 20	Title 20 — Homesteads and Exemptions	1	5
Title 21	Title 21 — Hotels and Lodging Houses	6	32
Title 22	Title 22 — Insurance	22	2,651
Title 23	Title 23 — Labor and Worker's Compensation	23	872
Title 24	Title 24 — Legislature and Laws	22	285
Title 25	Title 25 — Libraries, Museums, and Other Scientific	65	545
Title 26	Title 26 — Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages	8	272
Title 27	Title 27 — Louisiana Gaming Control	10	317
Title 28	Title 28 — Behavioral Health	16	373
Title 29	Title 29 — Military, Naval, and Veteran's Affairs	10	477
Title 30	Title 30 — Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality	30	1,049
Title 31	Title 31 — Mineral Code	13	230
Title 32	Title 32 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation	24	871
Title 33	Title 33 — Municipalities and Parishes	98	4,117
Title 34	Title 34 — Navigation and Shipping	49	901
Title 35	Title 35 — Notaries Public and Commissioners	11	129
Title 36	Title 36 — Organization of the Executive Branch	28	350
Title 37	Title 37 — Professions and Occupations	78	2,014
Title 38	Title 38 — Public Contracts, Works and Improvements	31	1,355
Title 39	Title 39 — Public Finance	48	1,355
Title 40	Title 40 — Public Health and Safety	61	3,335
Title 41	Title 41 — Public Lands	15	306
Title 42	Title 42 — Public Officers and Employees	33	458
Title 43	Title 43 — Public Printing and Advertisements	5	81
Title 44	Title 44 — Public Records and Recorders	7	207
Title 45	Title 45 — Public Utilities and Carriers	30	554
Title 46	Title 46 — Public Welfare and Assistance	86	1,239
Title 47	Title 47 — Revenue and Taxation	26	2,663
Title 48	Title 48 — Roads, Bridges and Ferries	39	927
Title 49	Title 49 — State Administration	28	598
Title 50	Title 50 — Surveys and Surveyors	5	44
Title 51	Title 51 — Trade and Commerce	92	1,237
Title 52	Title 52 — United States	2	13
Title 53	Title 53 — War Emergency	5	27
Title 54	Title 54 — Warehouses	5	18
Title 55	Title 55 — Weights and Measures	1	1
Title 56	Title 56 — Wildlife and Fisheries	14	896
CC	Louisiana Civil Code	72	2,517
CCP	Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure	22	1,260
CCRP	Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure	32	795
CE	Louisiana Code of Evidence	11	106
CHC	Louisiana Children's Code	27	1,212
Total (59 Titles & Codes)	Complete Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes Corpus	1,599	52,280