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Wis. Stat. § 902.02

Uniform judicial notice of foreign law act

Known as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 227 Wis. 2d 1 - Sharp Ex Rel. Gordon v. Case Corp. (1999)

Most recently applied in Daniel J. Hennessy, Jr. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (January 2022)

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(1) COURTS TAKE NOTICE. 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.

(2) INFORMATION OF THE COURT. 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.

(3) DETERMINED BY COURT; RULING REVIEWABLE. The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and shall be reviewable.

(4) EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN LAW. Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or otherwise.

(5) FOREIGN COUNTRY. The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in sub.

(1) shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the foregoing provisions concerning judicial notice.

(6) INTERPRETATION. This section shall be so interpreted as to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

(7) SHORT TITLE. This section may be cited as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.