List of Uniform Acts (United States)
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- Uniform Adoption ActUniform Adoption ActThe Uniform Adoption Act is a model law proposed by the U.S. Uniform Law Commission. It attempts to "be a comprehensive and uniform state adoption code that:#is consistent with relevant federal constitutional and statutory law...
(1994) - Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act (1971)
- Uniform Anatomical Gift ActUniform Anatomical Gift ActThe Uniform Anatomical Gift Act , and its periodic revisions, is one of the Uniform Acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States with the intention of harmonizing state laws in force in the states.UAGA governs organ donations for the purpose...
(2006) - Uniform Apportionment of Tort Responsibility ActUniform Apportionment of Tort Responsibility ActThe Uniform Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act , and its periodic revisions, is one of the Uniform Acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws with the intention of harmonizing state laws in force in the states.-Purpose:The UATRA is meant to be a successor...
(2002) - Uniform Arbitration ActUniform Arbitration ActThe Uniform Arbitration Act is one of the uniform acts that attempt to harmonize the law in force in the fifty U.S. states.The "Uniform Arbitration Act", is a statute that was adopted by Congress in 2000 and requires states to adopt their own version of it....
(2000) - Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2000)
- Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings (1936)
- Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act (1995)
- Uniform Child Abduction Prevention ActUniform Child Abduction Prevention ActThe Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and submitted for enactment by jurisdictions within the United States in 2006...
(2006) - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (1968)
- Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement ActUniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement ActThe Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1997. The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Act became effective...
(1997) - Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act (2009)
- Uniform Commercial CodeUniform Commercial CodeThe Uniform Commercial Code , first published in 1952, is one of a number of uniform acts that have been promulgated in conjunction with efforts to harmonize the law of sales and other commercial transactions in all 50 states within the United States of America.The goal of harmonizing state law is...
(2001) - Uniform Common Interest Ownership ActUniform Common Interest Ownership ActThe Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act was created to provide a model set of laws to govern condominium, cooperative, and planned unit development communities in the United States. Variations of the act have been adopted in Colorado and some other states....
(1982) (1994) - Uniform Common Trust Fund Act (1938) (1952)
- Uniform Comparative Fault ActUniform Comparative Fault ActThe Uniform Comparative Fault Act , and its periodic revisions, is one of the Uniform Acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws with the intention of harmonizing state laws in force in the states....
(1977) (1979) - Uniform Computer Information Transactions ActUniform Computer Information Transactions ActUniform Computer Information Transactions Act was an attempt to introduce a Uniform Act for US States to follow. As a model law, it only specifies a set of guidelines, and each of the States should decide if to pass it or not, separately. UCITA has been drafted by National Conference of...
(proposed, 1999; withdrawn, 2002) - Uniform Condominium Act (1977) (1980)
- Uniform Conflict of Laws—Limitations Act (1982)
- Uniform Conservation Easement Act (1981)
- Uniform Construction Lien Act (1987)
- Uniform Consumer Credit Code (1968) (1974)
- Uniform Consumer Leases (2001)
- Uniform Controlled Substances ActUniform Controlled Substances ActThe Uniform Controlled Substances Act was drafted by the United States Department of Justice in 1969 and promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws while the federal Controlled Substances Act was being drafted. Modeled after the federal Act, the uniform act...
(1990) (1994) - Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act (1993)
- Uniform Custodial Trust Act (1987)
- Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (1964) (1966)
- Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (1922)
- Uniform Determination of Death ActUniform Determination of Death ActThe Uniform Determination of Death Act is a draft state law that was approved for the United States in 1981 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, in cooperation with the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, and the President's Commission on...
(1978) (1980) - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act (1999)
- Uniform Disclaimer of Transfers by Will, Intestacy or Appointment Act (1978)
- Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (1971)
- Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act (1957)
- Uniform Dormant Mineral Interests Act (1986)
- Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act (1979) (1987)
- Uniform Electronic Transactions ActUniform Electronic Transactions ActThe Uniform Electronic Transactions Act is one of the several United States Uniform Acts proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws . Since then 47 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have adopted it into their own laws...
(1999) - Uniform Employment Termination Act (1991)
- Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (1964)
- Uniform Environmental Covenants ActUniform Environmental Covenants ActThe Uniform Environmental Covenants Act is one of the uniform acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The act is intended to provide clear rules for perpetual real estate interests – an environmental covenant – to regulate the use of brownfield land when...
- Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act (1958) (1982)
- Uniform Exemptions Act (1976) (1979)
- Uniform Extradition and Rendition Act (1980)
- Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act (1978) (1982)
- Uniform Fiduciaries Act (1922)
- Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act (1989)
- Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act (1962)
- Uniform Franchise and Business Opportunities Act (1987)
- Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (1984)
- Uniform Gifts to Minors ActUniform Gifts to Minors ActThe Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, commonly known as UGMA, is an act in some states of the United States that allows assets such as securities, where the donor has given up all possession and control, to be held in the custodian's name for the benefit of the minor without an attorney needing to set...
- Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act (1997)
- Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (1993)
- Uniform Health-Care Information Act (1985)
- Uniform International Wills Act (1977)
- Uniform Interstate Arbitration of Death Taxes Act (1943)
- Uniform Interstate Compromise of Death Taxes Act (1943)
- Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act (2000)
- Uniform Interstate Family Support ActUniform Interstate Family Support ActThe Uniform Interstate Family Support Act is one of the uniform acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States. First developed in 1992 the NCCUSL revised the act in 1996 and again in 2001 with additional amendments in 2008...
(1992) (1996) (2001) - Uniform Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers Act (1991) (1993)
- Uniform Land Security Interest Act (1985)
- Uniform Land Transactions Act (1975)
- Uniform Limited Liability Company ActUniform Limited Liability Company ActThe Uniform Limited Liability Company Act , which includes a 2006 revision called the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, is a uniform act , proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws for the governance of limited liability companies by U.S. states...
(1996) - Uniform Limited Partnership ActUniform Limited Partnership ActThe Uniform Limited Partnership Act , which includes its 1976 revision called the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act , is a uniform act , proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws for the governance of business partnerships by U.S. States...
(2001) - Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act (1972)
- Uniform Management of Public Employee Retirement Systems Act (1997)
- Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act (1958)
- Uniform Marital Property Act (1983)
- Uniform Marketable Title Act (1990)
- Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act (1970) (1973)
- Uniform Mediation Act (2001)
- Uniform Money Services Act (2000)
- Uniform Multiple-Person Accounts Act (1969) (1989)
- Uniform Nonprobate Transfers On Death (1989)
- Uniform Notarial Acts (1982)
- Uniform Parentage Act (1973) (2000)
- Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (2010)
- Uniform Partnership ActUniform Partnership ActThe Uniform Partnership Act , which includes revisions that are sometimes called the Revised Uniform Partnership Act , is a uniform act , proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws for the governance of business partnerships by U.S. States...
(1994) (1997) - Uniform Periodic Payment of Judgments Act (1990)
- Uniform Photographic Copies As Evidence Act (1949)
- Uniform Planned Community Act (1980)
- Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act (1980)
- Uniform Premarital Agreement ActUniform Premarital Agreement ActThe Uniform Premarital Agreement Act is a Uniform Act governing prenuptial agreements. It was drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1983....
(1983) - Uniform Pretrial Detention Act (1989)
- Uniform Principal and Income ActUniform Principal And Income ActThe Uniform Principal and Income Act is one of the uniform acts that have been promulgated in an attempt to harmonize the law in all fifty U.S. states...
(1997) (2001) - Uniform Probate CodeUniform Probate CodeThe Uniform Probate Code is a uniform act drafted by National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws governing inheritance and the decedents' estates in the United States...
(1969) (1975) (1982) (1987) (1989) (1990) (1991) (1997) - Uniform Probate Code Vi (1989) (1998)
- Uniform Prudent Investor Act (1994)
- Uniform Punitive Damages Act (1996)
- Uniform Putative and Unknown Fathers Act (1988)
- Uniform Real Estate Cooperative Act (1981)
- Uniform Real Estate Time-Share Act (1980) (1982)
- Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording ActUniform Real Property Electronic Recording ActThe Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act , and its periodic revisions, is one of the Uniform Acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws with the intention of harmonizing state laws in force in the states.-Purpose:The purpose of the URPERA is to allow...
(2004) - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support ActUniform reciprocal enforcement of support actThe Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act concerns interstate cooperation in the collection of spousal and child support. It lays out the procedure for enforcement in cases in which the person owing alimony or child support is in one state and the person to whom the support is owed is in...
(1968) - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant ActUniform Residential Landlord And Tenant ActThe Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, also known as URLTA, is a sample law governing residential landlord and tenant interactions, created in 1972 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States....
(1972) - Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill ActUniform Rights of the Terminally Ill ActThe Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act , has been recommended as a Uniform Act in the United States, and subsequently been passed by many states. The law allows a person to declare a living will specifying that, if the situation arises, he or she does not wish to be kept alive through life...
(1989) - Uniform Rules of Criminal Procedure (1974) (1987)
- Uniform Rules of Evidence Act (2005)
- Uniform Securities ActUniform Securities ActThe Uniform Securities Act is a model statute designed to guide each state in drafting its state securities law. It was created by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws ....
(1956) (1985) (amended 1988) (2002) - Uniform Simultaneous Death ActUniform Simultaneous Death ActThe Uniform Simultaneous Death Act is a uniform act enacted in some U.S. states to alleviate the problem of simultaneous death in determining inheritance....
(1940) (1993) - Uniform State Administrative Procedure Act (1981)
- Uniform Status of Children of Assisted Conception Act (1988)
- Uniform Statute and Rule Construction Act (1995)
- Uniform Statutory Form Power of Attorney Act (1988)
- Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities (1986) (1990)
- Uniform Supervision of Trustees for Charitable Purposes Act (1954)
- Uniform Surface Use and Mineral Development Accommodation Act (1990)
- Uniform Tod Security Registration Act (1989)
- Uniform Testamentary Additions to Trusts Act (1960) (1991)
- Uniform Trade Secrets ActUniform Trade Secrets ActThe Uniform Trade Secrets Act , published by the Uniform Law Commission 1979 and amended in 1985, was a uniform act promulgated in an effort to provide legal framework for improved trade secret protection for industry in all 50 states within the United States of America. The U.T.S.A...
(1979) (1985) - Uniform Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Act (1982)
- Uniform Transfer of Litigation Act (1991)
- Uniform Transfers to Minors ActUniform Transfers To Minors ActThe Uniform Transfers To Minors Act is a uniform act drafted and recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1986, and subsequently enacted by most U.S...
(1983) (1986) - Uniform Transfers Under Nontestamentary Instruments Act (1978)
- Uniform Trust Code (2000)
- Uniform Trustees’ Powers Act (1964)
- Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995)
- Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act (1992) (1996)
- Uniform Victims of Crime Act (1992)
Model Penal Code
The Model Penal CodeModel Penal Code
The Model Penal Code is a statutory text which was developed by the American Law Institute in 1962. The Chief Reporter on the project was Herbert Wechsler. The current form of the MPC was last updated in 1981. The purpose of the MPC was to stimulate and assist legislatures in making an effort to...
, which seeks to harmonize state criminal law statutes, is in effect a uniform act but it was developed by the American Law Institute
American Law Institute
The American Law Institute was established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of American common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. The ALI drafts, approves, and publishes Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, model codes, and other proposals for law...
and not the NCCUSL.
Other model laws
The Uniform Auction and Auctioneer Licensing Act (2006) is a sample law, proposed by the National Auctioneers AssociationNational Auctioneers Association
The National Auctioneers Association , founded in 1949, is a advocacy group representing auctioneers, auction businesses and related companies that seeks to promote the auction method of marketing and the practice of auctioneering in the United States...
, intended to be used by states as a template when drafting their own legislation governing auctions and auctioneers.
Other notable non-NCCUSL model laws include the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act
Model State Emergency Health Powers Act
The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act is a proposal by the Center for Law and the Public's Health, a joint venture of Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University, to aid America's state legislatures in revising their public health laws to, as proponents put it, more effectively...
, the Model Business Corporation Act
Model Business Corporation Act
The Model Business Corporation Act is a model set of law prepared by the Committee on Corporate Laws of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association and is followed by twenty-four states.-History:...
, the Model Nonprofit Corporation Act
Model Nonprofit Corporation Act
The Model Nonprofit Corporation Act is model legislation prepared by the of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association . The MNCA is a model set of statutes governing nonprofit corporations proposed for adoption by state legislatures....
and the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration was prepared by UNCITRAL, and adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985...
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