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Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code - Section 16.066. Action On Foreign Judgment

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§ 16.066. ACTION ON FOREIGN JUDGMENT.  (a) An action on a 
foreign judgment is barred in this state if the action is barred 
under the laws of the jurisdiction where rendered.
	(b)  An action against a person who has resided in this state 
for 10 years prior to the action may not be brought on a foreign 
judgment rendered more than 10 years before the commencement of the 
action in this state.
	(c)  In this section "foreign judgment" means a judgment or 
decree rendered in another state or a foreign country.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    

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