{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-2-220","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-2-220","heading":"Judicial notice of legislative facts.","body":"The existence and territorial extent of states and their forms of government; all symbols of nationality; the laws of nations; all laws and resolutions of the General Assembly and the journals of each branch thereof as published by authority; the laws of the United States and of the several states thereof as published by authority; the uniform rules of the courts; the administrative rules and regulations filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to Code Section 50-13-6; the general customs of merchants; the admiralty and maritime courts of the world and their seals; the political makeup and history of this state and the federal government as well as the local divisions of this state; the seals of the several departments of the government of the United States and of the several states of the union; and all similar matters of legislative fact shall be judicially recognized without the introduction of proof. Judicial notice of adjudicative facts shall be governed by Code Section 24-2-201.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 2 Judicial Notice","Article 2 Legislative Facts; Ordinances or Resolutions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.24.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"7a109c7e7a3d8754e1b9d22cdd728b63c405ab8d1af243915d46ccbdfb216727","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-2-201","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-2-221"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}