How to Cite the Code of Federal Regulations Method 1 of 4: Bluebook. Identify the title number for the regulation. There are 50 titles of the CFR, each of which... Method 2 of 4: Chicago. Start your reference entry with the title of the regulation. Chicago style treats regulations as... Method 3 of ...
Type out the full name of the Code of Federal Regulations in italics, followed by a comma. In regular font, identify the Government Printing Office as the publisher, followed by a comma. Then type the year of the CFR edition. Type a comma after the year.
Use the appropriate abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulations. The Bluebook abbreviation for the CFR uses the first letters of each noun in the title. Place periods after each letter.
Type the title in title-case, surrounded by quotation marks. Put a period at the end of the title, inside the quotation marks. Example: "Pets." List the CFR title number and year of publication. Spell out the Code of Federal Regulations in italics, followed by a comma. Type the word "title," followed by the title number.
Spell out the Code of Federal Regulations in italics, followed by a comma. Type the word "title," followed by the title number. Type a space, then put the year of the code edition in parentheses. Place a colon after the closing parentheses mark.
Start your reference with the name of the regulation. Type the name of the regulation in sentence-case, capitalizing only the first word and any proper nouns. Place a comma after the name of the regulation.
Place periods after each letter. Type a space after the last initial period, then type the section symbol. After adding another space, give the specific number for the section you want to cite. You’ll then need to cite the date of the code edition in parentheses.
Regulations issued by departments and agencies of the U.S. federal government are published in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The CFR is organized into 50 titles, indicated by the title number. Each entry in the title is identified by a unique section number.
1. Start your reference entry with the title of the regulation. Chicago style treats regulations as though they don't have an author, so the first part of your reference entry is the title of the regulation. Type the title in title-case, surrounded by quotation marks.
Use the name and year for in-text parenthetical citations. APA style uses name-year parenthetical citations when you paraphrase or quote the regulation in text. If you didn't include the name of the regulation in your citation, use the title and section number instead. Separate elements with a comma.
The Bluebook uses sequential footnotes for in-text citations. Legal writing does not normally have a bibliography or reference list following the work. If your instructor or supervisor wants you to include a bibliography or reference list, the format for a CFR citation does not change.