There may be times when you will be utilizing different legal materials from the county, state, or federal levels. Chapter 11 of the APA 7th edition covers legal references. The chapter begins on p. 355. If you need more information on legal references, please see The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
For U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the template can be found on p. 358
For U.S. Circuit Court decisions, the template can be found on p. 358
For U.S. District Court decisions, the template can be found on p. 358
For State Court Decisions, the template can be found on p. 359
For Statutes (Laws and Acts), this information can be found in Section 11.5, beginning on p. 361. This applies at the state and federal levels.
The general template can be found on p. 361
Reference List: Name of Act, Title Source § Section Number(Year). URL
Section 11.6 of the APA manual covers Legislative Materials including federal testimony, hearings, bills, resolutions and reports. Please see Section 11.6 beginning on p. 363 for the templates of different types of legislative materials.
Section 11.7 begins on p. 365, and covers Administrative and Executive Materials. Please see this section for more information and examples of the different types of materials this covers.
Section 11.8 covers patents, and begins on p. 366. The template can be found on p. 366 as well.
Section 11.9 discusses constitutions and charters, and begins on p. 366. Templates for the different types of citations are found on pp. 367-368.
Section 11.10 covers Treaties and International Conventions, and the template can be found on p. 368.
