CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Judicial Notice
......Hearsay Stmts in Court File/Recorded Docs
3 Cards On This Topic:

Trial court erred in accepting as true the contents of judicially noticed recorded documents, which included hearsay, and in relying upon the information in determining SJ motion.

Trial court may not take judicial notice of hearsay statements in documents simply because they were in court file.

A court cannot take judicial notice of hearsay allegations as being true, just because they are part of a court record or file.