# Title 31 — Judicial Proof

## Chapter 31-10 — Judicial Notice

### § 31-10-01. Evidence of facts judicially noted not required - How judges familiarized

with such facts.
Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P. Rule 26; N.D.R.Ev. 201.
### § 31-10-02. Facts subject to judicial notice.

Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P. Rules 26, 26.1; N.D.R.Ev. 201.
### § 31-10-03. Foreign laws - Those judicially noted - How court familiarized with -

Reviewable.
Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every
state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States. Such court may inform itself of the
laws in such manner as it may deem proper and may call upon counsel to aid it in obtaining
such information. The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury
and shall be reviewable.
### § 31-10-04. Evidence of foreign laws admissible - Notice to adverse party of reliance on

foreign laws.
Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of the laws in another
jurisdiction, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of such laws or to ask that judicial notice be
taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or
otherwise.
### § 31-10-05. Foreign laws not judicially noted constitute issue for court.

The law of a jurisdiction other than those jurisdictions referred to in section 31-10-03 shall
be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the provisions concerning judicial notice
contained in such section.
