Judicial notice; statutes. Matters of which judicial notice is taken, including statutes of

Iowa, need not be stated in any pleading. A pleading asserting any statute of another state, territory or jurisdiction of the United States, or a right derived therefrom, shall refer to such statute by plain designation and if such reference is made the court shall judicially notice such statute. [Report October 31, 1997, effective January 24, 1998; November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002]