Section 3.22 Municipal Ordinances and Laws of a Foreign Country

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B. (§3.22) Municipal Ordinances and Laws of a Foreign Country

Neither trial nor appellate courts can take judicial notice of municipal ordinances or the laws of a foreign country (except boundary ordinances, of which the court is compelled to take judicial notice). See:

· §3.20, supra

· Consumer Contact Co. v. State, Dep’t of Revenue, 592 S.W.2d 782, 785 (Mo. banc 1980)

· City of St. Louis v. Pope, 129 S.W.2d 106, 107–08 (Mo. App. E.D. 1939)

· In re S.M., 938 S.W.2d 910, 920 (Mo. App. W.D. 1997)

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