Rule 90.201 Matters which must be judicially noticed

When a judge "takes judicial notice" of something, it means the court automatically accepts it as true without anyone having to prove it. This rule lists certain legal documents that every Florida court must automatically accept as true and valid.

Florida courts must recognize three types of legal materials without needing proof. These are: laws and court decisions from Florida and the United States, Florida court rules that apply across the whole state, and rules from the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeal.

This matters for people in court because neither side needs to waste time proving that a Florida law exists or that a court rule is real. The judge is required by law to already know and accept these things as fact.