Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-2202
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Judicial notice of adjudicative facts
Official statutory text
A. This section governs only judicial notice of adjudicative
facts.
B. A judicially noticed adjudicative fact shall not be subject
to reasonable dispute in that it is either:
1. Generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the
trial court; or
2. Capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to
sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.
C. A court may take judicial notice, whether requested or not.
D. A court shall take judicial notice if requested by a party
and supplied with the necessary information.
E. In a civil action or proceeding, the court shall instruct
the jury to accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed. In a
criminal case, the court shall instruct the jury that it may, but is
not required to, accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed.
facts.
B. A judicially noticed adjudicative fact shall not be subject
to reasonable dispute in that it is either:
1. Generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the
trial court; or
2. Capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to
sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.
C. A court may take judicial notice, whether requested or not.
D. A court shall take judicial notice if requested by a party
and supplied with the necessary information.
E. In a civil action or proceeding, the court shall instruct
the jury to accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed. In a
criminal case, the court shall instruct the jury that it may, but is
not required to, accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed.
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