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US Municipal Code Citation Link Checker & Renumbering Detector (Municode / American Legal / eCode360)
Parse Title/Chapter/Article/Section/Subsection/Appendix municipal code citations, generate Bluebook Rule 12.9.2 legal citations, detect renumbering after recent ordinances (gaps, duplicates, out-of-order sections), and optionally live-verify hosted deep links.
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curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/us-state-county-municode-code-of-ordinances-section-subsection-citation-link-checker' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"citations":"Sec. 2-12 — definitions\n§ 2-14 — noise limits\nSec. 2-14.5(b)(2) — amended by Ord. 2025-41\n§ 2-16 — appeals\nSec. 6-12 — permit required\n§ 6-11 — fee schedule\nChapter 3, Article I, Sec. 3-4 — signage\n§ 3-4 — signage (duplicate)\nnot a citation at all","cityState":"Gainesville, FL","codeName":"Code of Ordinances","citationYear":2026,"publisher":"municode","deepLinks":"","verifyLinks":false}'