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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-4 (2026)

Judicial notice of laws of United States, other states and foreign countries

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When any question shall arise as to the law of the United States, or of any other state or territory of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, or of any foreign country, the court shall take notice of such law in the same manner as if the question arose under the law of this State. (1931, c. 30.)

 

§ 8-5.  Town ordinances certified.

In a trial in which the offense charged is the violation of a town ordinance, a copy of the ordinance alleged to have been violated, proven as provided in G.S. 160A-79, shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of such ordinance. (1899, c. 277, s. 2; Rev., s. 1595; C.S., s. 1750; 1971, c. 381, s. 3; 1973, c. 1446, s. 17.)

 

Article 2.

Grants, Deeds and Wills.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 28 cases, 1947–2018 · leading case: State v. Bacon, 446 S.E.2d 542 (N.C. 1994).
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State v. Bacon, 446 S.E.2d 542 (N.C. 1994). · cites it 12× “N.C.G.S. § 8-4 specifically provides that "[w]hen any question shall arise as to the law of the United States, .”
Garrett v. Burris, 735 S.E.2d 414 (N.C. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “Conclusion For the foregoing reasons, the trial court’s order denying Plaintiff’s claim for absolute divorce is hereby AFFIRMED.”
JWL Investments, Inc. v. Guilford Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 515 S.E.2d 715 (N.C. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Section 8-4 of the Guilford County Development Ordinance states that an enforcement officer may impose civil penalties against any person who violates a provision of the ordinance.”
Arnold v. Ray Charles Enter., Inc., 141 S.E.2d 14 (N.C. 1965). · cites it 3× “There would be no profit, then, for us to exercise ourselves here to determine which law is to be applied, for to do so would take us into a "highly complex and confused part of conflict of laws.”
Press v. AGC Aviation LLC, 818 S.E.2d 365 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 5× “" Even though the parties have not mentioned Florida law, under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-4 (2017) we must take judicial notice of Florida law and use Florida law to resolve any substantive issues: *562 [T]he contracts expressly provided that "this contract shall be construed…”
Carpenter v. Agee, 613 S.E.2d 735 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “While Rule 8(b) does "carr[y] the theme of notice pleading over into responsive pleadings and defenses as well," 1 Gray Wilson, North Carolina Civil Procedure § 8-4, at 137 (2d ed.1995), defendant has overlooked the "notice" part of "notice pleading.”
Leonard v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 305 S.E.2d 528 (N.C. 1983). “If the foreign jurisdiction has no law, either statutory or decisional, on the question involved, the courts of this state will not speculate what law such jurisdiction might adopt and will apply the law of North Carolina.”
Emp. Sec. Comm'n v. Lachman, 290 S.E.2d 616 (N.C. 1982). · cites it 2× “This Court also takes judicial notice, pursuant to G.S. § 8-4, of the federal statutory requirement of the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis in order for the ESC to qualify for federal funding.”
Ugochukwu v. Ugochukwu, 627 S.E.2d 625 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “North Carolina General Statutes § 8-4 (2005) states: When any question shall arise as to the law of .”
Am. Inst. of Mktg. Sys., Inc. v. Willard Realty Co., 176 S.E.2d 775 (N.C. 1970). “We are required by G.S. 8-4 to take judicial notice of the Missouri law.”
Jocie Motor Lines, Inc. v. Johnson, 57 S.E.2d 388 (N.C. 1950). “2d 891 ; G.S. 8-4. Tbe demurrer interposed below should have been sustained, accordingly tbe judgment overruling tbe demurrer is Eeversed.”
Press v. AGC Aviation LLC, 817 S.E.2d 445 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 5× “" Even though the parties have not mentioned Florida law, under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-4 (2017) we must take judicial notice of Florida law and use Florida law to resolve any substantive issues: [T]he contracts expressly provided that "this contract shall be construed according to…”
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