GA Code § 24-2-201 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 2 - Judicial Notice|Article 1 - Adjudicative Facts|§ 24-2-201. Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

  This Code section governs only judicial notice of adjudicative facts.   A judicially noticed fact shall be a fact which is not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either:   Generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the court; or   Capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.     A court may take judicial notice, whether or not requested by a party.   A court shall take judicial notice if requested by a party and provided with the necessary information.   A party shall be entitled, upon timely request, to an opportunity to be heard as to the propriety of taking judicial notice and the tenor of the matter noticed. In the absence of prior notification, such request may be made after judicial notice has been taken.   Judicial notice may be taken at any stage of the proceeding.     In a civil proceeding, the court shall instruct the jury to accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed.   In a criminal proceeding, the court shall instruct the jury that it may, but is not required to, accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed.       (Code 1981, §24-2-201, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   Cross references.   - Taking of judicial notice of agency rules, § 50-13-8.   Judicial notice of adjudicative facts, Fed. R. Evid. 201.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 enactment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011). For comment on Carter v. Graves, 206 Ga. 234, 56 S.E.2d 917 (1949), see 12 Ga. B.J. 476 (1950).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Judicial Notice Proper   Judicial Notice Improper    RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 29 Am. Jur. 2d, Evidence, §§ 44, 117.   9A Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Evidence, § 5.   C.J.S.   - 31 C.J.S., Evidence, § 6 et seq.   ALR.    - Judicial notice of the coincidence of the days of the week with the days of the month, 8 A.L.R. 63.    Effect of absence of seal from execution, 28 A.L.R. 936.    Judicial notice of banking customs or other matters relating to banks or trust companies, 89 A.L.R. 1336.    Judicial notice of municipal ordinances where action originates in a municipal court, 111 A.L.R. 959.    Distinction between judicial notice and judicial knowledge, 113 A.L.R. 258.    Presumption of regular passage of statute as affected by legislative records showing that bill was defeated, 119 A.L.R. 460.    Admissibility, upon issue of negligence, of evidence of custom or practice of others, 137 A.L.R. 611.    Propriety of instructions on matters of common knowledge, 144 A.L.R. 932.   Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act, 23 A.L.R.2d 1437.   Reception of evidence to contradict or rebut matters judicially noticed, 45 A.L.R.2d 1169.   Blood grouping tests, 46 A.L.R.2d 1000.   Judicial notice of matters relating to public thoroughfares and parks, 48 A.L.R.2d 1102; 86 A.L.R.3d 484.   Judicial notice of diseases or similar conditions adversely affecting human beings, 72 A.L.R.2d 554.   Judicial notice of drivers' reaction time and of stopping distance of motor vehicles travelling at various speeds, 84 A.L.R.2d 979.   Choice of law in application of automobile guest statutes, 95 A.L.R.2d 12.   Judicial notice as to assessed valuations, 42 A.L.R.3d 1439.   Proof, by radar or other mechanical or electronic devices, of violation of speed regulations, 47 A.L.R.3d 822.   Admissibility of evidence of neutron activation analysis, 50 A.L.R.3d 117.   Judicial notice as to location of street address within particular political subdivision, 86 A.L.R.3d 484.   Emotional manifestations by victim or family of victim during criminal trial as ground for reversal, new trial, or mistrial, 31 A.L.R.4th 229.   Judicial notice of attorney customs and practices, 61 A.L.R.5th 707.