CHAPTER 4. UNIFORM JUDICIAL NOTICE OF FOREIGN LAW ACT

IC 34-38-4

    

Chapter 4. Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act

IC 34-38-4-1

Judicial notice by Indiana courts

    

Sec. 1. Every court in Indiana shall take judicial notice of the
common law and statutes of every state, territory, and other
jurisdiction of the United States.

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

IC 34-38-4-2

Information to court

    

Sec. 2. The court may inform itself of such laws in the manner as
the court considers proper. The court may call upon counsel to aid
the court in obtaining this information.

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

IC 34-38-4-3

Court determination; review

    

Sec. 3. The determination of these laws shall be made by the court
and not by the jury, and is reviewable.

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

IC 34-38-4-4

Evidence of laws in other jurisdictions; notice to adverse parties

    

Sec. 4. 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 of the evidence, reasonable notice shall be given to
the adverse parties, either in the pleadings or otherwise.

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

IC 34-38-4-5

Laws of other jurisdictions

    

Sec. 5. The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in
section 1 of this chapter shall be an issue for the court, but shall not
be subject to sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this chapter concerning
judicial notice.

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.



IC 34-38-4-6

Interpretation and construction of chapter

    

Sec. 6. This chapter shall be interpreted and construed as to
effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states
that enact it.

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

IC 34-38-4-7

Citation

    

Sec. 7. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Judicial Notice

of Foreign Law Act.

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.