diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php
index 16dbf13..3527c87 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use App\Models\BylawNode;
 use App\Models\BylawCodificationLink;
 use App\Traits\BaseApiResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class BylawApiController extends Controller
 {
@@ -309,13 +310,18 @@ class BylawApiController extends Controller
 
         $description = $item->description;
 
-        // Direct Query Fallback: If description is empty, fetch node_content manually
-        if (empty($description)) {
-            $description = BylawNode::where('document_id', $item->id)
+        // Check if description is practically empty (null, empty string, or just empty WYSIWYG HTML like <p></p>)
+        $cleanDesc = trim(strip_tags($description ?? ''));
+
+        // Direct Query Fallback: Fetch node_content manually via DB facade to bypass any Model restrictions
+        if (empty($cleanDesc)) {
+            $nodeContents = DB::table('bylaw_nodes')
+                ->where('document_id', $item->id)
                 ->orderBy('sort_order', 'asc')
                 ->pluck('node_content')
-                ->filter()
-                ->implode("\n\n");
+                ->toArray();
+
+            $description = implode("\n\n", array_filter($nodeContents));
         }
 
         return [
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/api/GlobalSearchApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/api/GlobalSearchApiController.php
index bb2722c..df101cd 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/api/GlobalSearchApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/api/GlobalSearchApiController.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use App\Models\Volum;
 use App\Traits\BaseApiResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
 {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
             $limitPerTable = 100; // Performance safeguard
 
             // 1. Search Bylaw Documents
-            $bylaws = BylawDocument::with(['category', 'approvalAuthority', 'promulgationAuthority', 'nodes'])
+            $bylaws = BylawDocument::with(['category', 'approvalAuthority', 'promulgationAuthority'])
                 ->where('is_published', true)
                 ->where(function ($q) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $q->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
@@ -94,17 +95,11 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
                 });
             $results = $results->merge($opinions);
 
-            // 4. Search Arts (Removed missing 'division' and 'branch' from eager load)
+            // 4. Search Arts (Optimized to mirror ArtController speed)
             $arts = Art::with(['law.category', 'chapter', 'part', 'volum', 'book', 'section', 'gate'])
                 ->where(function ($q) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $q->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
-                        ->orWhere('text', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
-                        ->orWhereHas('law', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('volum', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('book', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('section', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('chapter', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('part', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); });
+                        ->orWhere('text', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%");
                 })
                 ->take($limitPerTable)->get()->map(function($item) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $formatted = $this->formatArt($item, $searchTerm, Art::class);
@@ -202,7 +197,7 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
         if (!empty($searchTerm)) {
 
             // 1. Bylaw Documents
-            $bylawQuery = BylawDocument::with(['category', 'approvalAuthority', 'promulgationAuthority', 'nodes'])
+            $bylawQuery = BylawDocument::with(['category', 'approvalAuthority', 'promulgationAuthority'])
                 ->where('is_published', true)
                 ->where(function ($q) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $q->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
@@ -258,13 +253,7 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
             $artQuery = Art::with(['law.category', 'chapter', 'part', 'volum', 'book', 'section', 'gate'])
                 ->where(function ($q) use ($searchTerm) {
                     $q->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
-                        ->orWhere('text', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
-                        ->orWhereHas('law', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('volum', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('book', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('section', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('chapter', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); })
-                        ->orWhereHas('part', function ($sub) use ($searchTerm) { $sub->where('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%"); });
+                        ->orWhere('text', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%");
                 });
             $totalCount += $artQuery->count();
             $arts = $artQuery->take($limitPerTable)->get()->map(function($item) use ($searchTerm) {
@@ -321,8 +310,19 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
         $isLocked = $this->isLockedForCurrentUserGeneric($item);
 
         $description = $item->description;
-        if (empty($description) && $item->relationLoaded('nodes')) {
-            $description = $item->nodes->pluck('node_content')->filter()->implode("\n\n");
+
+        // Check if description is practically empty (null, empty string, or just empty WYSIWYG HTML like <p></p>)
+        $cleanDesc = trim(strip_tags($description ?? ''));
+
+        // Direct Query Fallback: Fetch node_content manually via DB facade to bypass any Model restrictions
+        if (empty($cleanDesc)) {
+            $nodeContents = DB::table('bylaw_nodes')
+                ->where('document_id', $item->id)
+                ->orderBy('sort_order', 'asc')
+                ->pluck('node_content')
+                ->toArray();
+
+            $description = implode("\n\n", array_filter($nodeContents));
         }
 
         return [
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
             'price'       => $law?->price,
             'image'       => $law?->image,
 
-            // Relational Objects
+            // Relational Objects matching ArtController exactly
             'law' => $item->law != null ? [
                 'id' => $item->law->id,
                 'title' => $item->law->title,
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ class GlobalSearchApiController extends Controller
     private function route($modelClass, $query)
     {
         // Safe Breadcrumb Building - Uses relation if loaded, else manual lookup.
-        // Explicitly forces manual lookup for division and branch to avoid crash.
         if ((new $modelClass)->getTable() == 'art') {
             $route = array_filter([
                 $query->relationLoaded('law') ? $query->law?->title : Law::find($query->law_id)?->title,