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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-388 (2026)

Judicial notice of official publications (Supreme Court Rule 2:203 derived from this section)

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The court shall take judicial notice of the contents of all official publications of this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and agencies required to be published pursuant to the laws thereof, and of all such official publications of other states, of the United States, of other countries, and of the political subdivisions and agencies of each published within those jurisdictions pursuant to the laws thereof.

1977, c. 617.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case: Crouse v. Med. Facilities of Am. XLVIII, 86 Va. Cir. 168 (Roanoke County Cir. Ct. 2013).
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Crouse v. Med. Facilities of Am. XLVIII, 86 Va. Cir. 168 (Roanoke County Cir. Ct. 2013). · cites it 21× “” Va. Code § 8.01-388 (2012) (emphasis added).”
Scafetta v. Arlington Cnty., 414 S.E.2d 438 (Va. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 4× “” Code § 8.01-388. The FCC is required to publish periodically a list of certain electronic equipment which has been type accepted by the commission.”
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. & Arch Ins. Co. v. Kathleen Tefft, 813 S.E.2d 908 (Va. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “On appeal, employer asks us to take judicial notice, pursuant to Code § 8.01-388, of the Commission’s 2016 Annual Report, which describes Chief Deputy Commissioner Szablewicz’s prior experience as working in the private practice of law primarily representing injured workers.”
Young v. Commonwealth, 706 S.E.2d 53 (Va. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “3(B) provides: "The Office of the Executive Secretary [OES] of the Supreme Court shall make the form available on the Internet and the form shall be considered an official publication of the Commonwealth for the purposes of § 8.”
Roller v. Jane, 43 Va. Cir. 321 (Albemarle Cir. Ct. 1997). · cites it 3× “However, judicial recognition is a for cry ftom admissibility of evidence as relevant Since the Supreme Court of Virginia has declared private rules inadmissible, the evidence is not relevant to tine case and therefore inadmissible.”
Anthony Burchard v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 4× “” Code § 8.01-388; accord Va. R. Evid. 2:203.”
Andersen Interior Contracting, Structure Tone, Inc. & Arch Ins. Co. v. Samuel Nimmo (Va. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Code § 8.01-388 (providing that courts “shall take judicial notice of the contents of all official publications .”
Leila Deneen Drayton v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “In the present case, Drayton merely printed copies of the purported FTC and USPS documents from the alleged websites of the respective agencies and then attempted to admit 3 In Scafetta, an appellant requested a court to take judicial notice of a document issued by the Federal…”
Fairfax Cnty. Sch. Bd. v. South Carolina, 827 S.E.2d 592 (Va. 2019). · cites it 2× “01-386 ; Rule 2:202, as well as "all official publications of this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and agencies required to be published pursuant to the laws thereof," Code § 8.01-388 ; Rule 2:203. Code §§ 22.”
Virginia Int'l Terminals, LLC & Arch Ins. Co. v. Neurosurgical Specialists, Inc. (Va. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “See generally Code § 8.01-388 (authorizing “judicial notice of the contents of all official publications”).”
Coggeshall v. Virginia Dep't of Treasury, 87 Va. Cir. 402 (Norfolk Cir. Ct. 2014). · cites it 3× “Pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-388,1 takejudicial notice of a memorandum Karl Hade, Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, sent to the courts (as required by Va.”
Charles Lee Argenbright v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “” (citations omitted)); see also Code § 8.01-388 (“The court shall take judicial notice of the contents of all official publications of this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and agencies required to be published pursuant to the laws thereof, and of all such official…”
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