# K.S.A. § 60-409: 60-409 - Facts which must or may be judicially noticed

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## Section

- **Citation:** K.S.A. § 60-409
- **Heading:** 60-409 - Facts which must or may be judicially noticed
- **Jurisdiction:** Kansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 4 / Section 60-409

## Text

60-409. Facts which must or may be judicially noticed. (a) Judicial notice shall be taken without request by a party, of the common law, constitutions and public statutes in force in every state, territory and jurisdiction of the United States, and of such specific facts and propositions of generalized knowledge as are so universally known that they cannot reasonably be the subject of dispute.

(b) Judicial notice may be taken without request by a party, of (1) private acts and resolutions of the Congress of the United States and of the legislature of this state, and duly enacted ordinances and duly published regulations of governmental subdivisions or agencies of this state, and (2) the laws of foreign countries and (3) such facts as are so generally known or of such common notoriety within the territorial jurisdiction of the court that they cannot reasonably be the subject of dispute, and (4) specific facts and propositions of generalized knowledge which are capable of immediate and accurate determination by resort to easily accessible sources of indisputable accuracy.

(c) Judicial notice shall be taken of each matter specified in subsection (b) of this section if a party requests it and (1) furnishes the judge sufficient information to enable him or her properly to comply with the request and (2) has given each adverse party such notice as the judge may require to enable the adverse party to prepare to meet the request.

## Nearby sections

- [K.S.A. § 60-401 60-401 - Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-401.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-402 60-402 - Scope of rules.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-402.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-403 60-403 - Exclusionary rules not to apply to undisputed matter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-403.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-404 60-404 - Effect of erroneous admission of evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-404.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-405 60-405 - Effect of erroneous exclusion of evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-405.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-406 60-406 - Limited admissibility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-406.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-407 60-407 - General abolition of disqualifications and privileges of witnesses, and of exclusionary rules.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-407.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-408 60-408 - Preliminary inquiry by judge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-408.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-409 60-409 - Facts which must or may be judicially noticed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-409.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-410 60-410 - Determination as to propriety of judicial notice and tenor of matter noticed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-410.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-411 60-411 - Instructing the trier of fact as to matter judicially noticed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-411.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-412 60-412 - Judicial notice in proceedings subsequent to trial.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-412.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-413 60-413 - Definition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-413.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-414 60-414 - Effect of presumptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A4_S60-414.md)

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