How we verify the law

Official primary sources only. A value is published as verified only when confirmed on an official source: the state legislature's statute database, the official administrative code, or an official state DMV / DPS / State Police page. Aggregator and tint-shop sites are never a source of record; at most they provide leads that we then confirm or refute against the statute.

Every fact carries its citation. Each figure on a state page stores its exact statute citation (down to the subsection), the official URL, the date it was last reviewed, and a verified flag, and shows the citation next to the fact.

We never invent a number. Where a statute is silent (a fine amount set by court schedules, a tolerance that doesn't exist) the page says "not specified in statute" rather than borrowing a plausible figure from secondary sites.

Draft pages say so. A page whose data could not be fully confirmed on a primary source keeps a visible "Draft: pending statute verification" notice and a draft byline until a human completes the check against the official text.

Corrections. If you find an error, use the contact page; include the state and the statute. Corrections are re-verified against the primary source and the review date is updated.