Emtract Ingest
Source situation
The official ways per jurisdiction by rank, and what the daily check finds from the server.
No contact address set: Legal Central fetches sources without a From header, so no operator can reach us. Please set LEGAL_CENTRAL_CONTACT in the server configuration to the functional mailbox.
Legal Central names itself LegalCentral/1.0, contact: none. Every fetch reads robots.txt first. Disrupted means: not reachable on the last check. Blocked means: not reachable on 3 days in a row; it holds until a check reaches the host again. Fetching a law passes over blocked and bot protected hosts.
By hand only
Laws whose current text was handed in by hand because no automatic way works. Legal Central does not notice changes to them by itself: when a new version is due, hand in the official text again.
No law comes by hand only at present.
EU
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
publications.europa.eu
Cellar SPARQL and Formex
|
API · formex · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
eur-lex.europa.eu
AWS WAF challenge for every client on 13.10.2026
|
website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
DE
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | www.gesetze-im-internet.de | bulk data · gii_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
recht.bund.de
no agent
Federal Law Gazette; its bot protection is not worked around
|
gazette · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 |
dip.bundestag.de
printed papers of a bill before it is promulgated
|
parliament · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
testphase.rechtsinformationen.bund.de
no agent
NeuRIS trial; robots.txt bans every fetch until it goes live
|
API · akoma_ntoso · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
AT
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data.bka.gv.at | API · ris_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
www.ris.bka.gv.at
the downloader reads RIS here today
|
website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
CH
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fedlex.data.admin.ch | API · fedlex_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.fedlex.admin.ch | website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
IT
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
www.normattiva.it
also offers an Akoma Ntoso export
|
law collection · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.gazzettaufficiale.it | gazette · html | unchecked | not checked yet |
PL
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | api.sejm.gov.pl | API · eli_html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
isap.sejm.gov.pl
no agent
robots.txt banned every fetch on 12.10.2026
|
website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
FR
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
echanges.dila.gouv.fr
DILA open data (LEGI), no key; address https://echanges.dila.gouv.fr/OPENDATA/LEGI/#<JORFTEXT…, LEGITEXT… or NOR>, read from the archives (LegiArchive)
|
bulk data · legi_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
api.piste.gouv.fr
PISTE refused the credentials on 12.10.2026
|
API · legifrance_json
· consolidated
OAuth access needed
|
unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
www.legifrance.gouv.fr
no agent
Cloudflare challenge; not worked around
|
website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
GB
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | www.legislation.gov.uk | API · clml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
www.gov.uk
guidance
|
ministry/authority · html | unchecked | not checked yet |
NO
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – |
api.lovdata.no
no agent
robots.txt bans every fetch; access requested from Lovdata
|
bulk data · lovdata_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
lovdata.no
no agent
robots.txt bans every fetch
|
website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
US
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | www.ecfr.gov | API · ecfr_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 1 | uscode.house.gov | bulk data · uslm · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
api.govinfo.gov
api.data.gov key to be requested
|
API · uslm
key needed
|
unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 | www.govinfo.gov | website · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 | www.federalregister.gov | gazette · json | unchecked | not checked yet |
US-CA
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
pubinfo bulk download
|
bulk data · caml_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
no agent
Cloudflare answers 403
|
website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
CA
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca
Justice Laws XML, open licence; read by CanadaJusticeDownloader from the page address of an act or a regulation
|
bulk data · justice_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
MX
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
www.diputados.gob.mx
not reachable from the server on 12.10.2026; access requested
|
parliament · doc_pdf · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
sidof.segob.gob.mx
reform decrees only
|
gazette · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 |
www.dof.gob.mx
certificate did not match the name on 12.10.2026
|
gazette · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
legislacion.scjn.gob.mx
no agent
Incapsula answers 403
|
court · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
BR
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | normas.leg.br | API · lexml_json · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www2.camara.leg.br | parliament · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 |
dadosabertos.camara.leg.br
metadata
|
API · json | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 | legis.senado.leg.br | API · lexml_xml | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 |
www.lexml.gov.br
robots.txt bans /busca/
|
API · lexml_xml | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 4 |
www.planalto.gov.br
connection reset from the server on 12.10.2026; access requested
|
ministry/authority · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 4 |
www.in.gov.br
Diario Oficial; connection reset from the server on 12.10.2026; access requested
|
gazette · html | unchecked | not checked yet |
IN
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
egazette.gov.in
serves its certificate without the intermediate (config/ssl/intermediates.pem)
|
gazette · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.indiacode.nic.in | law collection · pdf_text · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 | legislative.gov.in | ministry/authority · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 | www.meity.gov.in | ministry/authority · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 | moef.gov.in | ministry/authority · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 4 |
cpcb.nic.in
robots.txt allows only /web/
|
ministry/authority · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
incometaxindia.gov.in
no agent
Akamai answers 403
|
ministry/authority · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
content.dgft.gov.in
no agent
answers 403
|
ministry/authority · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet |
ZA
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | www.gov.za | gazette · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.gpwonline.co.za | gazette · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.parliament.gov.za | parliament · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 |
www.sars.gov.za
tax acts
|
ministry/authority · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 4 |
api.laws.africa
no agent
only under contract; offer requested
|
API · akoma_ntoso
· consolidated
contract needed
|
unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
www.saflii.org
semi-official
no agent
Cloudflare
|
legal information institute · html | unchecked | not checked yet |
NA
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
api.laws.africa
no agent
only under contract; offer requested
|
API · akoma_ntoso
· consolidated
contract needed
|
unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
namiblii.org
semi-official
act pages answered 403 on 12.10.2026
|
legal information institute · akoma_ntoso · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 |
www.parliament.na
no answer within 30 s on 12.10.2026
|
parliament · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet |
KE
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
new.kenyalaw.org
answered 403 on 12.10.2026
|
law collection · akoma_ntoso · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
api.laws.africa
no agent
only under contract; offer requested
|
API · akoma_ntoso
· consolidated
contract needed
|
unchecked | not checked yet |
CN
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | www.gov.cn | ministry/authority · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.miit.gov.cn | ministry/authority · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
flk.npc.gov.cn
no agent
robots.txt bans every tool; by hand only
|
law collection · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
JP
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
laws.e-gov.go.jp
e-Gov API v2; read by JapanEgovDownloader from the address /law/<law id>
|
API · e_gov_xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
KR
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
open.law.go.kr
OC id to be requested
|
API · xml
· consolidated
key needed
|
unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.law.go.kr | website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
VN
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vbpl.vn | law collection · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | congbao.chinhphu.vn | gazette · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 | chinhphu.vn | ministry/authority · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 | moit.gov.vn | ministry/authority · html | unchecked | not checked yet |
AU
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
api.prod.legislation.gov.au
latest compilation as EPUB; read by AustraliaLegislationDownloader from the address of a title on www.legislation.gov.au
|
API · frl_epub · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
www.legislation.gov.au
AWS WAF in front
|
website · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet |
CL
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | www.bcn.cl | law collection · xml · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl | gazette · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet |
PE
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
spij.minjus.gob.pe
timed out from the server on 12.10.2026
|
law collection · html · consolidated | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | diariooficial.elperuano.pe | gazette · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet |
AR
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
servicios.infoleg.gob.ar
texto actualizado for some acts
|
law collection · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 | www.boletinoficial.gob.ar | gazette · html | unchecked | not checked yet |
ID
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
peraturan.bpk.go.id
Cloudflare Access Denied on 12.10.2026
|
law collection · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 2 |
peraturan.go.id
timed out from the server on 12.10.2026
|
law collection · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| 3 |
jdihn.go.id
timed out from the server on 12.10.2026
|
law collection · pdf_text | unchecked | not checked yet |
AE
| Rank | Host | Way | State | Last check | Access request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
dlp.dubai.gov.ae
slow (6.5 s)
|
law collection · html | unchecked | not checked yet | |
| – |
uaelegislation.gov.ae
no agent
Cloudflare; federal law
|
law collection · html | unchecked | not checked yet |