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Fla. Stat. § 90.201 (2025)

Matters which must be judicially noticed.

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90.201 Matters which must be judicially noticed.—A court shall take judicial notice of:

(1) Decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law and resolutions of the Florida Legislature and the Congress of the United States.

(2) Florida rules of court that have statewide application, its own rules, and the rules of United States courts adopted by the United States Supreme Court.

(3) Rules of court of the United States Supreme Court and of the United States Courts of Appeal.

History.—s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; ss. 21, 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 24 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: The Florida Bar v. Tobkin, 944 So. 2d 219 (Fla. 2006).

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The Florida Bar v. Tobkin, 944 So. 2d 219 (Fla. 2006). · cites it 2× “Section 90.201, Florida Statutes (2005), entitled "Matters which must be judicially noticed," provides that a court shall take judicial notice of: "Decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law and resolutions of the Florida Legislature and the Congress of the United…”

J.N.S. v. A.M.A., 194 So. 3d 559 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). · cites it 2× “§ 90.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). . Mother's remaining arguments either lack merit or cannot be substantiated without a transcript,”

Florida Bar v. Gwynn, 94 So. 3d 425 (Fla. 2012). · cites it 2× “The Court further explained that even if the rules of evidence did apply strictly in bar proceedings, the referee’s consideration of the opinion would have been proper as a matter — decisional law — which, under section 90.201, Florida Statutes (2005), must be judicially noticed.”

Smith v. Greg's Crane Serv., Inc., 576 So. 2d 814 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). · cites it 2× “See, generally, § 90.201, Fla. Stat. (1989), et seq., Erhardt's Fla.”

Ellsworth v. Ins. Co. of North Am., 508 So. 2d 395 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). “Filed contemporaneously with their initial briefs in this cause, the Ellsworths filed a motion requesting this court to take judicial notice of the excluded Staff Summary and Analysis.”

Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Darragh, 95 So. 3d 897 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012). · cites it 2× “See § 90.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2009). The problem here is that we cannot find the information forming the basis of Darragh’s testimony in any of the statutes Darragh cites.”

Shaffer v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust, 235 So. 3d 943 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017). · cites it 4× “3 Before trial, the Bank requested that the trial court take judicial notice of a partial copy of a PSA relating to the applicable trust.”

State v. Mobley, 98 So. 3d 124 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012). · cites it 2× “Specifically, section 90.201, Florida Statutes (2011), sets forth matters which must be judicially noticed, and section 90.”

J.R. v. State, 99 So. 3d 427 (Fla. 2012). · cites it 5× “The current version of section 90.201, Florida Statutes, is unchanged from the version in effect during J.”

Doctors Mem'l Hosp., Inc. v. Evans, 543 So. 2d 809 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). · cites it 2× “Although the Hospital urges this Court to take judicial notice of certain statutory laws and resolutions of this state regarding the Hospital, the only documents submitted in exhibit 4 pertaining to mandatory notice under section 90.201, Florida Statutes, were chapters 31319 and…”

Cox v. State, 764 So. 2d 711 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). “202, Florida Statutes, provides in pertinent part: A court may take judicial notice of the following matters to the extent that they are not embraced within § 90.201: . . . . (11) Facts that are not subject to dispute because they are generally known within the territorial…”

Dept. of Revenue v. Florida Home Builders Assn, 564 So. 2d 173 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). · cites it 2× “General or public statutes of the state must be judicially noticed by state courts, Section 90.201(1), Florida Statutes, and judicial notice will also therefore be taken of authoritative decisions construing those statutes.”

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J.N.S. v. A.M.A., 194 So. 3d 559 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). “§ 90.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). . Mother's remaining arguments either lack merit or cannot be substantiated without a transcript,”

Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Darragh, 95 So. 3d 897 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012). “See § 90.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2009). The problem here is that we cannot find the information forming the basis of Darragh’s testimony in any of the statutes Darragh cites.”

Dept. of Revenue v. Florida Home Builders Assn, 564 So. 2d 173 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). “General or public statutes of the state must be judicially noticed by state courts, Section 90.201(1), Florida Statutes, and judicial notice will also therefore be taken of authoritative decisions construing those statutes.”

Turco v. Leon, 559 So. 2d 1199 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).

J.R. v. State, 99 So. 3d 427 (Fla. 2012). “The current version of section 90.201, Florida Statutes, is unchanged from the version in effect during J.”

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