This sample request for judicial notice in United States Bankruptcy Court is used pursuant to Rules 201 and 1101 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and requests that the court judicial notice of certain specified adjudicative facts. The sample is available for free download in Microsoft Word format, includes brief instructions and can be easily modified. The author is an entrepreneur and freelance paralegal that has worked in California and Federal litigation since 1995 and has created over 300 sample legal documents for sale. Note that the author is NOT an attorney and no guarantee or warranty is provided.

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Any Attorney or Party
Any Street
Any Town, CA 55555
714-555-5555
Any Attorney or Party
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
___________ DISTRICT OF _________
IN RE: ________________,
Debtors,
Any Plaintiff
Plaintiff,
vs.
Any Defendant,
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Case No.
Chapter 7
Adv. Proc No.
____________’S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL
NOTICE PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULES OF
EVIDENCE RULES 201 and 1101
[Filed concurrently with Notice of Motion and
Motion to ____________________]
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE:
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notice and all other notices before using this document.
In support of their Motion for LIST TYPE OF MOTION under Federal Rules of Evidence
Rule 201 (Rule 201) and Rule 1101 NAME AND CAPACITY OF PARTY REQUESTING
JUDICIAL NOTICE requests that the court take judicial notice of the following Decisions,
documents, papers and records of the higher courts EXAMPLE ONLY IN PARENTHESES
(SCOTUS & 9th Cir.) pursuant to Rule 201.
Under Rule 201, facts appropriate for judicial notice are those “not subject to reasonable
dispute in that either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2)
capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot
reasonably be questioned.” Federal Rules of Evidence 201(b). The Court may take judicial notice of
its own records and records of other court cases.
1. LIST HERE THE COURT CASES, RECORDS OR SPECIFIC FACTS THAT
YOU WANT THE COURT TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF.
2. LIST HERE THE COURT CASES, RECORDS OR SPECIFIC FACTS THAT
YOU WANT THE COURT TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF.
Dated_________________________ _______________________________________
ANY ATTORNEY OR PARTY
Note that you MUST file and serve this request for judicial notice
concurrently with your motion or other request for relief and should
attach printouts of any relevant court cases or other printouts that
support your request for judicial notice.
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Be sure to modify these paragraphs to suit your individual
situation. Do NOT just use the wording here unless it definitely applies
to your particular situation.
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