The records decoder

Pick your state, pick the kind of word, pick the word itself. The definition comes from the state's own published materials — checked October 2026. And when you are done decoding: run the free money check, because a safe center you cannot pay for is only half a plan.

How to use a decoded word

A class tells you how serious the state counts a finding. It never tells you the whole story: read the inspector's description, then the correction status, then look for the same word on the next visit. One citation is a bad day. The same citation three visits running is a culture.