ENROLLED
ACT No. 184
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 16
BY REPRESENTATIVES DANAHAY AND DW IGHT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 1392, relative to proof of statutes; to
3 provide for the taking of judicial notice of statutes; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 1392 is hereby amended and reenacted
6 to read as follows:
7 Art. 1392. Proof of statutes
8 Printed books or pamphlets purporting on their face to be the session or other
9 statutes of any of the United States, or the territories thereof, or of any foreign
10 jurisdiction, and to have been printed and published by the authority of any such
11 state, territory or foreign jurisdiction, or proved to be commonly recognized in its
12 courts, shall be received in the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of such
13 statutes. The court shall take judicial notice of the laws of the United States, of every
14 state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States as provided by Code of
15 Evidence Article 202.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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