Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legal/us/code/title-17/chapter-7/section-703.md

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+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "17 U.S.C. § 703"
+description: "Effective date of actions in Copyright Office"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 17
+title_name: "COPYRIGHTS"
+chapter_number: "7"
+chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT OFFICE"
+section: "703"
+citation: "17 U.S.C. § 703"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc17@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t17/s703"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-17/usc17.xml"
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+text_hash: "3b8074546aa47c7b4b4b888b6e5b5907634e70dc2c15a879693a05edc911e776"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 17 U.S.C. § 703 - Effective date of actions in Copyright Office
+
+## Text
+
+In any case in which time limits are prescribed under this title for the performance of an action in the Copyright Office, and in which the last day of the prescribed period falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other nonbusiness day within the District of Columbia or the Federal Government, the action may be taken on the next succeeding business day, and is effective as of the date when the period expired.
+
+(Pub. L. 94–553, title I, § 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2591.)