Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts – Taking Notice. The court: must take judicial notice if a party requests it and the court is supplied with the necessary information. Which option describes this rule?

• A. The court must take judicial notice only on request with necessary information
• B. The court must take judicial notice if a party requests it and is supplied with the necessary information
• C. The court may take judicial notice at its discretion without any request
• D. The court cannot take notice during trial

Answer: (B)

Judicial notice of adjudicative facts is about accepting certain facts as true without formal proof because they are not reasonably disputable and can be verified from reliable sources. When a party asks the court to notice such a fact and provides the necessary information (the sources showing why the fact is readily verifiable), the court is required to take that notice. This makes the trial more efficient by avoiding proof of facts that are straightforward to confirm.

This description matches the rule that the court must take judicial notice if a party requests it and supplies the necessary information. The other statements don’t fit as well: some suggest notice only on request (ignoring the possibility the court might act sua sponte) or imply discretion without a request, and one even says notice cannot be taken during trial, which isn’t correct.