Section 455 Of Division 4. Judicial Notice From California Evidence Code >> Division 4.
455
. With respect to any matter specified in Section 452 or in
subdivision (f) of Section 451 that is of substantial consequence to
the determination of the action:
(a) If the trial court has been requested to take or has taken or
proposes to take judicial notice of such matter, the court shall
afford each party reasonable opportunity, before the jury is
instructed or before the cause is submitted for decision by the
court, to present to the court information relevant to (1) the
propriety of taking judicial notice of the matter and (2) the tenor
of the matter to be noticed.
(b) If the trial court resorts to any source of information not
received in open court, including the advice of persons learned in
the subject matter, such information and its source shall be made a
part of the record in the action and the court shall afford each
party reasonable opportunity to meet such information before judicial
notice of the matter may be taken.