TITLE 10

ISSUES, TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS

CHAPTER 14

UNIFORM FOREIGN COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT

10-1406.  Procedure for recognition of foreign country judgment. (1) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign country judgment.

(2)  If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.

History:

[10-1406, added 2007, ch. 46, sec. 2, p. 117.]