Retrieve Ordinance Lineage

Use this guide when you need the ordinance context around a section-level legal change.

Step 1: Start with section lineage

curl "https://api.localcode.ai/v1/code-sections/{code_section_id}/legislative-chain" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {LOCALCODE_API_KEY}"

For each linked ordinance node, call:

curl "https://api.localcode.ai/v1/ordinances/{ordinance_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {LOCALCODE_API_KEY}"

When reading chain edges, treat: