This chapter shall not be construed to relieve any party of the duty of hereafter pleading such laws where required under the law and practice of this state.
RCW 5.24.040
Necessity of pleading foreign laws.
Known as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Laws Act
The act spans §§ 5.24.010–5.24.070 (7 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 124 Wash. 2d 205 - Rice v. Dow Chemical Co. (1994)
Most recently applied in Axess Intern. Ltd. v. Intercargo Ins. Co. (August 2001)
1981 c 331 s 14; 1941 c 82 s 4; 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.