Judicial notice may not be taken of any matter unless authorized or required by law.
Cal. Evid. Code § 450
JUDICIAL NOTICE
Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case 7 Cal. 4th 1057 - Mangini v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (1994)
Most recently applied in City of Hesperia v. Lake Arrowhead Cmty. Servs. Dist. (July 2019)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.