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Fla. Stat. § 90.203 (2025)
Compulsory judicial notice upon request.
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90.203 Compulsory judicial notice upon request.—A court shall take judicial notice of any matter in s. 90.202 when a party requests it and:
(1) Gives each adverse party timely written notice of the request, proof of which is filed with the court, to enable the adverse party to prepare to meet the request.
(2) Furnishes the court with sufficient information to enable it to take judicial notice of the matter.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: Ellsworth v. Ins. Co. of North Am., 508 So. 2d 395 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987).
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. Matters which must be judicially noticed are set forth in section 90.”
Hillsborough Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Pub. Employees Relations Comm'n, 424 So. 2d 132 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). “Section 90.203, Florida Statutes (1981), is part of the Florida Evidence Code.”
Gregory Sandefur v. RVS Capital, LLC, Rio Vista Saloon, LLC, & David Zwick, 183 So. 3d 1258 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). “§§ 90.203-.204, Fla. Stat. (2013). It is undisputed that these procedures were not followed in this case.”
Craig v. Craig, 982 So. 2d 724 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008). “See § 90.203, Fla. Stat. (2006). Likewise, when the trial court takes judicial notice of a matter on its own initiative under section 90.”
Suarez Ortega v. Pujals De Suarez, 465 So. 2d 607 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). “[2] This was done notwithstanding the fact that neither party has complied with Section 90.203, Florida Statutes (1983) to activate judicial notice of foreign law.”
Elmore v. Florida Power & Light Co., 895 So. 2d 475 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). “Section 90.203, Florida Statutes (1999), requires a court to take judicial notice of any matter in section 90.”
Bennett v. Morales, 845 So. 2d 1002 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003). “202(2), Florida Statutes (2001) provides that Florida courts may take judicial notice of the laws of sister states, and section 90.203 provides that the court must take such notice where the adverse party has been given written notice, and sufficient *1005 information has been…”
Charles Reynolds v. Nationstar Loan Servs., LLC, 190 So. 3d 219 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). “this “fact,” nor can the trial court without a timely and otherwise sufficient request -under section 90.203, Florida Statutes (2013). Here, however, when Reynolds objected, Nationstar did not attempt to otherwise .”
Gross v. Zimmerman, 197 So. 3d 1248 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). “, We note that the father did not comply with the procedural requirements of section 90.203, Florida Statutes (2015). Despite that noncompliance, the father could have invited the trial court to take judicial notice on its own initiative, but, even under that scenario, the trial…”
Life Mktg. of Fla, Inc. v. Aig Life Ins. Co., 588 So. 2d 663 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). “§ 90.203, Fla. Stat. (1989). NOTES [1] This court affirmed the distribution awards in Blankenship v.”
Hillsborough, Etc. v. Pub. Emp. Rel. Com'n, 424 So. 2d 132 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). “Section 90.203, Florida Statutes (1981), is part of the Florida Evidence Code.”
Dolan v. State, 187 So. 3d 262 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016). “Even if this booking document were such information, an oral request to' take judicial notice of such evidence after a party has rested its case would clearly fail to comply with the procedures of section 90.”
— 90.203(1) — 2 cases
Diversicare Corp. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 15 Fla. Supp. 2d 110 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hr'g 1985).
Scripps Rsch. Inst., Inc. v. Scripps Rsch. Inst., 916 So. 2d 988 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).
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