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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 12. CIVIL PROCEDURE

  § 12-2202. Judicial notice of adjudicative facts.  

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  • A.  This section governs only judicial notice of adjudicative facts.

    B.  A judicially noticed adjudicative fact shall not be subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either:

    1.  Generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court; or

    2.  Capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.

    C.  A court may take judicial notice, whether requested or not.

    D.  A court shall take judicial notice if requested by a party and supplied with the necessary information.

    E.  In a civil action or proceeding, the court shall instruct the jury to accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed.  In a criminal case, the court shall instruct the jury that it may, but is not required to, accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed.

Added by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 202, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.  Amended by Laws 2002, c. 468, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.