Wash. Rev. Code § 5.44.050

Current through Chapters 1-163 and 165-376 of the 2024 Regular Session

Section 5.44.050 - Foreign statutes as evidence

Printed copies of the statute laws of any state, territory, foreign government, or federally recognized Indian tribe[,] if purporting to have been published under the authority of the respective governments, or if commonly admitted and read as evidence in their courts, must be admitted in all courts in this state, and on all other occasions as presumptive evidence of such laws.

RCW 5.44.050

Amended by 2019 c 39,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2019.

Code 1881 § 435; 1877 p 95 § 437; 1869 p 116 § 431; 1854 p 196 § 339; RRS § 1259.

Uniform judicial notice of foreign laws act: Chapter 5.24 RCW.