Section 599.18 — Certificate Of Department Officer.
599.18 CERTIFICATE OF DEPARTMENT OFFICER. The certificate of any officer of any department of the United States government to any fact appearing of record in the officer’s department, authenticated by an official seal, if the officer has one, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact. History: (9891) RL s 4734; 1986 c 444
Section 599.03 — Common Law Of Other States.
599.03 COMMON LAW OF OTHER STATES. The unwritten or common law of any other state may be proved as a fact by parol evidence, and the books of reports of cases adjudged in the courts of such states may also be admitted as evidence of such law. History: (9856) RL s 4702
Section 599.19 — Patents And Duplicates.
599.19 PATENTS AND DUPLICATES. Patents of land issued by the United States, or duplicates thereof from the records in the general land office, certified by the commissioner of such land office, may be filed for record with the county recorder of the county in which such land lies. Such records, or certified copies thereof, shall […]
Section 599.04 — Courts To Take Judicial Notice.
599.04 COURTS TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE. Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States. History: (9852-1) 1939 c 77 s 1
Section 599.20 — Plats Of Surveys From Land Office; Certificate Of County Surveyor.
599.20 PLATS OF SURVEYS FROM LAND OFFICE; CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY SURVEYOR. Any plat of a survey of public lands, certified by the register of the United States land office of the district in which such land is situated to be a true copy of the certified copy of the original on file in the register’s […]
Section 599.05 — Courts May Obtain Information; How.
599.05 COURTS MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION; HOW. The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel to aid it in obtaining such information. History: (9852-2) 1939 c 77 s 2
Section 599.24 — Exemplification Of Judgment In Another State.
599.24 EXEMPLIFICATION OF JUDGMENT IN ANOTHER STATE. An exemplification of a judgment rendered by any justice of the peace in any state, certified by such justice or the justice’s successor in office to be a full and correct copy from the justice’s docket of all the proceedings in that case, with a certificate of magistracy […]
Section 599.06 — Determination To Be Made By Court.
599.06 DETERMINATION TO BE MADE BY COURT. The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and shall be reviewable. History: (9852-3) 1939 c 77 s 3
Section 599.25 — Minutes Of Conviction And Judgment.
599.25 MINUTES OF CONVICTION AND JUDGMENT. A copy of the minutes of any conviction and judgment, with a copy of the indictment on which the conviction was had, duly certified by the clerk in whose custody they are, shall be evidence of such conviction and judgment, without the production of the judgment roll. History: (9880) […]
Section 599.07 — Evidence.
599.07 EVIDENCE. Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or otherwise. […]