RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 184 (HB 16) 2018 Regular Session Danahay
Prior law (C.C.P. Art. 1392) provided that printed books or pamphlets purporting on their
face to be the statutes of any of the United States, or the territories thereof, or of any foreign
jurisdiction, and either printed and published by the authority of any such state, territory or
foreign jurisdiction, or proved to be commonly recognized in its courts, were required to be
received in the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of such statutes.
New law (C.C.P. Art. 1392) deletes the requirement of submitting printed books or
pamphlets in order for the court to recognize such statutes, and provides that the court shall
take judicial notice of the laws of the United States, of every state, territory, and other
jurisdiction of the United States pursuant to existing law (C.E. Art. 202).
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 1392)