CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Judicial Notice
......Procedure to Request Judicial Notice
.........Opportunity to Present Information
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • Opportunity to present information re propriety of taking judicial notice and use of matter requested, must be given.
  • Court should not independently take judicial knowledge of facts without giving parties reasonable opportunity to meet such information.
  • Error to take judicial notice of matter where parties not advised nor given opportunity for response.
  • When out-of-court advice used in taking notice, parties must have opportunity to respond and advice must be put on record.