Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the Constitution, common law, civil law, and statutes of every state, territory and other jurisdiction of the United States.
RCW 5.24.010
Judicial notice of Constitution and laws.
Known as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Laws Act
The act spans §§ 5–5 (7 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 19 Wash. App. 11 - State v. Brezillac (1978)
Most recently applied in 76 Wash. App. 536 - Matter of Marriage of Abel (January 1995)
1941 c 82 s 1; Rem
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.