AK · rules
Alaska R. Evid. 202
Judicial Notice of Law
(a) Scope of Rule. This rule governs only judicial notice
of law.
(b) Without Request—Mandatory. Without request by
a party, the court shall take judicial notice of the common law,
the Constitution of the United States and of this state, the
public statutes of the United States and this state, the
provisions of the Alaska Administrative Code, and all rules
adopted by the Alaska Supreme Court.
(c) Without Request—Optional. Without request by a
party, the court may take judicial notice of:
(1) All duly adopted federal rules of court, and the
constitutions, public statutes and duly adopted regulations and
rules of court of every state, territory and jurisdiction of the
United States.
(2) Private acts and resolutions of the Congress of the
United States and of the legislature of this state and duly
published regulations of agencies of the United States.
(3) Duly enacted ordinances of municipalities or other governmental subdivisions, and emergency orders or unpublished regulations adopted by agencies of this state.
(4) The laws of foreign countries, international law and
maritime law.
(5) Any matter of law which would fall within the scope
of this subdivision or subdivision (b) of this rule but for the
fact that it has been replaced, superseded or otherwise rendered
no longer in force.
(d) With Request—Mandatory. Upon request of a
party, the court shall take judicial notice of each matter
specified in subdivision (c) if the requesting party furnishes
sufficient information and has given each party notice adequate
to enable the party to meet the request.
History
(Added by SCO 364 effective August 1, 1979)
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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