§20-1601.2. Power to certify.
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Power to Certify. The Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal Appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or on its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state, or of a federally recognized Indian tribal government, or of Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico, or a Mexican state if:
1. The pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction;
2. The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and
3. The question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute of the other jurisdiction. Added by Laws 1973, c. 22, § 9, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 28, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 61, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 1609 of this title by Laws 1997, c. 61, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.