welcome to county office your ultimate guide to local government services and public records let's get started how to site Federal Regulations if you're working on a project that involves citing Federal Regulations you're probably wondering how to do it correctly let's break it down step by step first you need to know where to find these regulations they are published in two main places the Federal Register and the code of federal regulations or CFR Federal Register the Federal Register is a daily publication that includes new and proposed regulations if you need to cite a regulation from here you'll include the volume number the page number and the date of publication for example if a regulation was published in the Federal Register on January 1st 2022 the citation might look like this 87 fed R 12345 January 1st 2022 code of federal regulations CFR the CFR is where regulations are codified and organized by subject this is usually the preferred source for citations because it's more organized and easier to find specific regulations when citing a regulation from the CFR you need three main pieces of information the title number the part or section number and the year of the regulation here's an example 29 CFR 19803 to 22 title number this is the number of the title in the CFR for instance 29 refers to the title related to labor part or section number this specifies the part or section within that title in the example par 1980. 103 refers to section 103 Within part 1980 year this is the year the regulation was last updated in this case it's 2022 breaking it down further if you're citing a whole part you would use PT instead of tech for example 29 CFR r p 1980 2022 the CFR is updated quarterly so make sure you're citing the most recent Edition titles 1 to 16 are revised as of January 1st titles 7227 as of April 1st titles 2841 as of July 1st and titles 4250 as of October 1 APA style if you're using APA style the citation format is slightly different for a regulation in the CFR it would look like this protection of human subjects 45 CFR ad 4609 the intext citation would be protection of human subjects 2009 key points to remember always cite to the most recent edition of the CFR include the title number part or section number and the year of the regulation for APA style capitalize the title of the regulation and include the section number and year by following these guidelines you'll be able to cite Federal Regulations accurately and confidently whether you're working on a legal document a research paper or any other project knowing how to site these regulations is crucial to learn more check out these links which you can click in the description below and feel free to comment your questions we're here to help want the inside scoop on your neighborhood imagine knowing exactly what your neighbors paid or who actually owns that stunning house down the block at County office.org you can create a free account and snoop through over 150 million property records owner names mortgage details sale prices all those things other sites make you pay for don't miss out on the fun just Google County office.org property records or head to County office.org directly and create your free account today go on get your Snoop on [Music]