5.44.050 - Foreign statutes as evidence. - Washington Statutes

Foreign statutes as evidence.

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

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

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