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Administrativeproceedingsusethetermofficialnoticetodescribeadoctrinesimilartojudicialnotice.Apresidingadministrativeofficerrecognizesasevidence,withoutproof,certainkindsoffactsthatarenotsubjecttoreasonabledispute.Administrativeagencies,unlikecourts,haveanexplicitlegislativefunctionaswellasanadjudicativefunction:theymakerules.Inrulemaking,agencieshavewiderdiscretionintakingofficialnoticeoflawandpolicy,labeledlegislativefacts.Information;knowledgeofcertainfactsorofaparticularstateofaffairs.Theformalreceiptof papersthatprovidespecificinformation.Therearevarioustypesofnotice,eachofwhichhasdifferentresults.Ingeneral,noticedealswith informationthatapartyknowsorshouldhaveknown.Inthiscontextnoticeisanessentialelement ofdueprocess.NoticecanalsorefertocommonlyknownfactsthatacourtorAdministrative Agencymaytakeintoevidence.Actualnoticeisinformationgiventothepartydirectly.Thetwokindsofactualnoticeareexpress noticeandimpliednotice.Anindividualisdeemedtohavebeengivenexpressnoticewhenheorsheactuallyhearsitorreadsit.Impliednoticeisdeducedorinferredfromthecircumstancesratherthanfromdirectorexplicitwords.Courtswilltreatsuchinformationasthoughactualnoticehadbeengiven.Theconceptofnoticeiscriticaltotheintegrityoflegalproceedings.Dueprocessrequiresthatlegalactioncannotbetakenagainstanyoneunlesstherequirementsofnoticeandanopportunitytobeheardareobserved.Legalproceedingsareinitiatedbyprovidingnoticetotheindividualaffected.Ifanindividualisaccusedofacrime,hehasarighttobenotifiedofthecharges.Inaddition,formalpapersmustbepreparedtogivetheaccusednoticeofthecharges.Anindividualwhoisbeingsuedinacivilactionmustbeprovidedwithnoticeofthenatureofthesuit.Statestatutesprescribethemethodofprovidingthistypeofnotice.Courtsareusuallystrictinrequiringcompliancewiththeselaws,andordinarilyaplaintiffmustputthisinformationintoacomplaintthatmustbeserveduponthedefendantinsomelegallyadequatemanner.Theplaintiffma Constructivenoticeisinformationthatacourtdeemsthatanindividualshouldhaveknown.Accordingto rule of law that appliesinsuchcases,thecourtwillpresumethatapersonknowstheinformationbecauseshecouldhavebeeninformedifproperdiligencehadbeenexercised.Constructivenoticecanbebasedonalegalrelationshipaswell.Forexample,inthelawgoverningpartnerships,eachpartnerisdeemedtohaveknowledgeofallthepartnershipbusiness.Ifonepartnerengagesindishonesttransactions,theotherpartnersarepresumedtoknow,regardlessofwhethertheyhadactualknowledgeofthetransaction.Thetermlegalnoticeissometimesusedinterchangeablywithconstructivenotice.Incertaincasesinvolvingthepurchaseofrealproperty,anindividualischargedwithinquirynotice.Whenanindividualwishestopurchaseland,heordinarilyhasthedutyundertherecordingactstocheckthetitletothepropertytodeterminethatthelandisnotsubjecttoanyencumbrances,whichareclaims,liens,mortgages,leases,easementsorrightofways,orunpaidtaxesthathavebeenlodgedagainsttherealproperty.Insomesituations,however,theindividualmustmakeareasonableinvestigationoutsideoftherecords,suchasincasesinvolvingrecordedbutdefectivedocuments.Thistypeofnoticeisknownasinquirynotice. ypersonallyservethecomplainttothedefendant.Whenthatisnotpractical,thepapersmaybeservedthroughthemail.Insomecasesacourtmayallow,orrequire,servicebypostingorattachingthepapersto