Florida Statute 90.203 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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F.S. 90.203

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.

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

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Total Results: 20

Ellsworth v. Ins. Co. of North America

508 So. 2d 395, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1115, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8025

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 29, 1987 | Docket: 1648890

Cited 30 times | Published

judicially noticed appear in section 90.202. Section 90.203, Florida Statutes (1985), provides that a court

Hillsborough, Etc. v. Pub. Emp. Rel. Com'n

424 So. 2d 132

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 28, 1982 | Docket: 1297440

Cited 19 times | Published

the appendix as "other authority". Because Section 90.203 states that a court shall take judicial notice

Suarez Ortega v. Pujals De Suarez

465 So. 2d 607, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 744

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 19, 1985 | Docket: 1324236

Cited 7 times | Published

the fact that neither party has complied with Section 90.203, Florida Statutes (1983) to activate judicial

Craig v. Craig

982 So. 2d 724, 2008 WL 1774095

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 21, 2008 | Docket: 1207751

Cited 5 times | Published

adverse party to prepare to meet the request. See § 90.203, Fla. Stat. (2006). Likewise, when the trial court

JACKSONVILLE ELEC. AUTHOR. v. Dept. of Rev.

486 So. 2d 1350

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1986 | Docket: 2055972

Cited 5 times | Published

should be consistent with the provisions of section 90.203, or when taken by the court on its own motion

RA v. State

400 So. 2d 1059

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 1981 | Docket: 1676956

Cited 4 times | Published

Sorenson, 504 F.2d 406 (7th Cir.1974). NOTES [1] § 90.203, Fla. Stat. (1979), provides: "Compulsory judicial

LIFE MARKETING OF FLA, INC. v. AIG Life Ins. Co.

588 So. 2d 663, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 11051, 1991 WL 227640

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 7, 1991 | Docket: 1708157

Cited 3 times | Published

judicial notice of the Blankenship dissolution case. § 90.203, Fla. Stat. (1989). NOTES [1] This court affirmed

Elmore v. Florida Power & Light Co.

895 So. 2d 475, 2005 WL 293019

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 9, 2005 | Docket: 1255721

Cited 2 times | Published

court take judicial notice of the filing date. Section 90.203, Florida Statutes (1999), requires a court

Bennett v. Morales

845 So. 2d 1002, 2003 WL 21203247

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 23, 2003 | Docket: 1728745

Cited 2 times | Published

judicial notice of the laws of sister states, and section 90.203 provides that the court must take such notice

Graves v. State

587 So. 2d 633, 1991 WL 205832

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 15, 1991 | Docket: 1713842

Cited 2 times | Published

enable it to take judicial notice of the matter. § 90.203 (1989). The defense argued in part that the court

Gross v. Zimmerman

197 So. 3d 1248, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 12070, 2016 WL 4205345

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 10, 2016 | Docket: 60256186

Cited 1 times | Published

comply with the procedural requirements of section 90.203, Florida Statutes (2015). Despite that noncompliance

Charles Reynolds v. Nationstar Loan Services, LLC

190 So. 3d 219, 2016 WL 1688571, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 6422

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 27, 2016 | Docket: 3062299

Cited 1 times | Published

timely and otherwise sufficient request -under section 90.203, Florida Statutes (2013). Here, however, when

PATRICK HANNAN v. GAIL DOYLE

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 9, 2022 | Docket: 63144878

Published

(providing for judicial notice of court records); § 90.203, Fla. Stat. (2020) (providing for compulsory

Dolan v. State

187 So. 3d 262, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 2183, 2016 WL 618901

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 17, 2016 | Docket: 3036703

Published

clearly fail to comply with the procedures of section 90.203, which addresses the circumstances requiring

Scripps Research Institute, Inc. v. Scripps Research Institute

916 So. 2d 988, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 20275, 2005 WL 3533693

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 28, 2005 | Docket: 64841423

Published

of matters which may be judicially noticed, section 90.203 provides: A court shall take judicial notice

Jacksonville Electric Authority v. Department of Revenue

486 So. 2d 1350, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 760, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 7057

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1986 | Docket: 64618755

Published

should be consistent with the provisions of section 90.203, or when taken by the court on its own motion

Sanders v. Inversiones Varias, S.A.

436 So. 2d 1089, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22800

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 6, 1983 | Docket: 64599254

Published

by following the procedure set out in either Section 90.203 or Section 90.204, Florida Statutes (1981)

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners v. Public Employees Relations Commission

424 So. 2d 132, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 22055

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 28, 1982 | Docket: 64594387

Published

the appendix as “other authority”. Because Section 90.203 states that a court shall take judicial notice

Rogers v. State

413 So. 2d 1270, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20050

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 14, 1982 | Docket: 64589966

Published

published in the Florida Administrative Code. Section 90.203 provides that a court shall take judicial notice

R. A. v. State

400 So. 2d 1059, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 20602

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 1981 | Docket: 64583834

Published

v. Sorenson, 504 F.2d 406 (7th Cir. 1974). . § 90.203, Fla.Stat. (1979), provides: “Compulsory judicial