19-7-3. Judicial notice powers unaffected.
Nothing contained in this title shall affect the power of the court to take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of other jurisdictions nor to accept proof of the same as provided in chapter 19-8.
Source: CCivP 1877, §488; CL 1887, §5302; RCCivP 1903, §528; RC 1919, §2718; Supreme Court Rule 546, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §36.0701; SL 1979, ch 154, §20.