If a state law or statute has an official name ("Florida Mental Health Act")
To cite the Florida Mental Health Act..
Florida Mental Health Act, Fla. Stat., § 394 (1971 & rev. 2009). http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0300-0399/0394/0394PARTIContentsIndex.html
What that translates to is:
If a state law or statute does not have an official name (ex. a subsection or paragraph in the state's statutes)
To cite Minnesota Statute 134.12 entitled "Benefits of library"
Benefits of library, Minn. Stat. § 134.12 (1905 & rev. 1913, 1951, 1963, 1973, 1983). https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/134.12
OR
Benefits of library, Minn. Stat. § 134.12 (1983). https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/134.12
What that translates to is:
- Name of Section = Benefits of Library
- State Code (Minnesota Statutes) = Minn. Stat.
- Section § = 134
- Subsection = 12
- Initial Year of statute OR year of version you're citing = 1905 OR 1983
- Years in which statute was revised OR Omit entirely = rev. 1913, 1951, 1963, 1973, 1983 OR [blank]
- Link if available = https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/134.12
