Rule 202. Judicial Notice of Law

(a) Scope of Rule. This rule governs only judicial notice

of law.

(b) Without Request—Mandatory. Without request by

a party, the court shall take judicial notice of the common law,

the Constitution of the United States and of this state, the

public statutes of the United States and this state, the

provisions of the Alaska Administrative Code, and all rules

adopted by the Alaska Supreme Court.

(c) Without Request—Optional. Without request by a

party, the court may take judicial notice of:

(1) All duly adopted federal rules of court, and the

constitutions, public statutes and duly adopted regulations and

rules of court of every state, territory and jurisdiction of the

United States.

(2) Private acts and resolutions of the Congress of the

United States and of the legislature of this state and duly

published regulations of agencies of the United States.

(3) Duly enacted ordinances of municipalities or other

governmental

subdivisions,

and

emergency

orders

or

unpublished regulations adopted by agencies of this state.

(4) The laws of foreign countries, international law and

maritime law.

(5) Any matter of law which would fall within the scope

of this subdivision or subdivision (b) of this rule but for the

fact that it has been replaced, superseded or otherwise rendered

no longer in force.

(d) With Request—Mandatory. Upon request of a

party, the court shall take judicial notice of each matter

specified in subdivision (c) if the requesting party furnishes

sufficient information and has given each party notice adequate

to enable the party to meet the request.