The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel to aid it in obtaining such information.
RCW 5.24.020
Manner of obtaining information.
Known as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Laws Act
The act spans §§ 5.24.010 to 5.24.070 (7 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 56 Wash. 2d 915 - State v. Jackovick (1960)
Most recently applied in 44 Wash. App. 858 - Sherman v. Lunsford (August 1986)
1941 c 82 s 2; Rem
How often courts cite this section
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.