2006 Code of Virginia § 19.2-265.2 - Judicial notice of laws
19.2-265.2. Judicial notice of laws.
A. Whenever, in any criminal case it becomes necessary to ascertain what thelaw, statutory or otherwise, of this Commonwealth, of another state, of theUnited States, of another country, or of any political subdivision or agencyof the same is, or was, at any time, the court shall take judicial noticethereof whether specially pleaded or not.
B. The court, in taking such notice, shall consult any book, record,register, journal, or other official document or publication purporting tocontain, state, or explain such law, and may consider any evidence or otherinformation or argument that is offered on the subject.
(1978, c. 328.)
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