Rule 2:202. JUDICIAL NOTICE OF LAW (derived from Code §§ 8.01-386 and 19.2

265.2).

(a) Notice To Be Taken. Whenever, in any civil or criminal case it becomes necessary to

ascertain what the law, statutory, administrative, or otherwise, of this Commonwealth, of another

state, of the United States, of another country, or of any political subdivision or agency of the

same, or under an applicable treaty or international convention is, or was, at any time, the court

may take judicial notice thereof whether specially pleaded or not.

(b) Sources of Information. The court, in taking such notice, must in a criminal case and may

in a civil case consult any book, record, register, journal, or other official document or

publication purporting to contain, state, or explain such law, and may consider any evidence or

other information or argument that is offered on the subject.

Last amended by Order dated November 13, 2020; effective July 1, 2021.

PART TWO

VIRGINIA RULES OF EVIDENCE

ARTICLE II. JUDICIAL NOTICE