Florida Statute 92.31 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VII
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Chapter 92
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F.S. 92.31

92.31 Missing persons and persons imprisoned or interned in foreign countries; official reports.—An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the act referred to in s. 92.30, or by any other law of the United States to make same, shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as evidence that such person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, as the case may be.

History.—s. 2, ch. 22866, 1945.

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Total Results: 20

State v. Holmes

256 So. 2d 32

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 10, 1971 | Docket: 2522068

Cited 24 times | Published

Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act, Fla. Stat. § 92.031 (1967), F.S.A. requires every court in the state

Freimuth v. State

272 So. 2d 473

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 1972 | Docket: 1644552

Cited 17 times | Published

more than twenty years ago enacted what is now Section 92.031, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. Mobley follows the

State-Wide Insurance Company v. Flaks

233 So. 2d 400

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1970 | Docket: 1767470

Cited 16 times | Published

& Trust Co., Fla.App. 1964, 166 So.2d 717. Section 92.031 Fla. Stat., F.S.A., as an alternative to permitting

Lanigan v. Lanigan

78 So. 2d 92

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 1955 | Docket: 1412970

Cited 13 times | Published

"common law and statutes of every state * * *", Section 92.031, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., we do not think that such

Miller v. Shulman

122 So. 2d 589

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 1960 | Docket: 1506551

Cited 12 times | Published

the uniform judicial notice of foreign law act, § 92.031, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., apply since it does not act

Pacific Mills v. Hillman Garment

87 So. 2d 599

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 18, 1956 | Docket: 1761665

Cited 8 times | Published

judicial notice of the statute of a sister state. Section 92.031, Florida Statutes 1955, F.S.A., and Kingston

Coyne v. Coyne

325 So. 2d 407

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 13, 1976 | Docket: 474265

Cited 6 times | Published

Inc. v. Davis, Fla.App. 1969, 217 So.2d 890; § 92.031, Fla. Stat. Therefore, we are left to a situation

Chippas v. State

180 So. 2d 355

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 9, 1965 | Docket: 1063014

Cited 6 times | Published

the uniform judicial notice of foreign law act, § 92.031, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., apply since it does not act

Astor Electric Service v. Cabrera

62 So. 2d 759

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 13, 1953 | Docket: 1251840

Cited 6 times | Published

appellees that Chapter 25110, Acts of 1949, Section 92.031, F.S.A., governing notice of foreign statutes

Movielab, Inc. v. Davis

217 So. 2d 890

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 21, 1969 | Docket: 1195643

Cited 5 times | Published

court erred in failing to follow same. We affirm. § 92.031, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., clearly indicates how a party

Holmes v. State

273 So. 2d 753

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 1972 | Docket: 1512847

Cited 4 times | Published

obligatory judicial cognizance pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 92.031, F.S.A., and the laws of foreign countries may

Hobbs v. Armco, Inc.

413 So. 2d 118

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 26, 1982 | Docket: 1702798

Published

Section 90.202(2), Florida Statutes (1979), and Section 92.031, Florida Statutes (1975). [2] In footnote

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Grasso

364 So. 2d 26, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 16963

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 17, 1978 | Docket: 64566980

Published

in this case, to-wit: whether, pursuant to Section 92.031, Florida Statutes (1977), a notice of reliance

Kelley v. Kelley

350 So. 2d 11, 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 16233

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 12, 1977 | Docket: 64560347

Published

Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act, Section 92.031, Florida Statutes (1975), Kingston v. Quimby

Roy v. United Benefit Life Insurance

314 So. 2d 817, 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 13639

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 24, 1975 | Docket: 64547551

Published

foreign law applies to this case, see *818Fla.Stat. § 92.031, and Movielab, Inc. v. Davis, Fla.App.1969, 217

Sonnenblick-Goldman of Miami Corp. v. Feldman

266 So. 2d 48, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6229

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 25, 1972 | Docket: 64527370

Published

1967, 202 So.2d 597. We also note that Fla.Stat. § 92.031(4), F.S.A., requires reasonable notice of intention

Freimuth v. State

249 So. 2d 754, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6440

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 10, 1971 | Docket: 64521105

Published

Federal Register are to be judicially noticed, and § 92.031, Fla.Stats., F.S.A., permits our courts to take

Yessin v. Hanover Insurance Co.

202 So. 2d 206

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 19, 1967 | Docket: 64502282

Published

Insurance Company, Fla.App. 1964, 162 So.2d 690; § 92.031(4), Fla.Stat., F.S.A.

Markham v. Gottsegen

179 So. 2d 100, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 3716

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 15, 1965 | Docket: 64494327

Published

Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Laws Act, section 92.031, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., as basis or predicate

Futterman v. Gerber

109 So. 2d 575

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 26, 1959 | Docket: 60191944

Published

take judicial notice of the Illinois Statute. See § 92.031, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., and Pacific Mills v. Hillman