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Wash. Rev. Code § 5.24.010 (2026)

Judicial notice of Constitution and laws

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Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the Constitution, common law, civil law, and statutes of every state, territory and other jurisdiction of the United States.
[ 1941 c 82 s 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 1278.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1967–1995 · leading case: In Re Adoption of Buehl, 555 P.2d 1334 (Wash. 1976).
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In Re Adoption of Buehl, 555 P.2d 1334 (Wash. 1976). “I do not agree with the other language found in the opinion. HUNTER, J., concurs with ROSELLINI, J.”
State v. Brezillac, 573 P.2d 1343 (Wash. Ct. App. 1978). “RCW 5.24.010 requires the court to take judicial notice of the statutes of other states.”
Pac. States Cut Stone Co. v. Goble, 425 P.2d 631 (Wash. 1967). “We have reviewed the Oregon law pleaded by the defendants in this case and which we must take judicial notice of under RCW 5.24.010. We have particularly scrutinized the two statutes emphasized by the defendants on this appeal, viz.”
Gorvin v. Stegmann, 443 P.2d 821 (Wash. 1968). “4, § 1; RCW 5.24.010. If, however, the Georgia decree now before us was not, under the laws of that state, a decree for total divorce with permanent alimony, as those terms were understood in that jurisdiction, then, of course, it would be subject to modification here.”
State v. Tribble, 613 P.2d 173 (Wash. Ct. App. 1980). “The first issue is whether the State properly pleaded and proved the Oregon statutes which formed the basis for Tribble's prior convictions.”
Pac. Gamble Robinson Co. v. Lapp, 604 P.2d 1300 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “RCW 5.24.010. Colorado is not a community property state.”
Matter of Marriage of Abel, 886 P.2d 1139 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “CR 9(k)(1) requires only that a person intending to raise an issue of the law of another state allege facts showing that law is applicable.”
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