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-26/chapter-1/section-262.md

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "26 U.S.C. § 262"
+description: "Personal, living, and family expenses"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 26
+title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
+chapter_number: "1"
+chapter_name: "NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES"
+section: "262"
+citation: "26 U.S.C. § 262"
+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_usc26@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t26/s262"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-26/usc26.xml"
+source_hash: "eca3051ae84da7c00171872397870c1bd1a619623b7d9cc0c5409defee9404db"
+raw_snapshot_hash: "a261f094809116f42a96648a3d5eee80fa010379d67412551c21dd5c900b27f4"
+text_hash: "6bd6bef5c685417a6c2e596971630a39c4739966b998c2362021fd55a0bc4b89"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 26 U.S.C. § 262 - Personal, living, and family expenses
+
+## Text
+
+(a) General rule Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, no deduction shall be allowed for personal, living, or family expenses.
+
+(b) Treatment of certain phone expenses For purposes of subsection (a), in the case of an individual, any charge (including taxes thereon) for basic local telephone service with respect to the 1st telephone line provided to any residence of the taxpayer shall be treated as a personal expense.
+
+(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 76; Pub. L. 100–647, title V, § 5073(a), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3682.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100–647 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, no deduction shall be allowed for personal, living, or family expenses.”
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of 1988 AmendmentPub. L. 100–647, title V, § 5073(b), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3682, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1988.”