California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 2 - Foreign-Country Money Judgments

• Section 1713.
  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2. Effective January 1,
• Section 1714.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “Foreign country” means a government other than any of the following:(1) The United States.(2) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of...
• Section 1715.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), this chapter applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment both:(1) Grants or denies recovery of...
• Section 1716.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (f), a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this chapter...
• Section 1717.
  (a) For the purpose of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1716, a foreign court lacks personal jurisdiction over a defendant if either of the...
• Section 1718.
  (a) 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...
• Section 1719.
  If the court in a proceeding under Section 1718 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this chapter then, to the extent...
• Section 1720.
  If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken in the foreign country, the court may stay...
• Section 1721.
  An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment shall be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the...
• Section 1722.
  In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject...
• Section 1723.
  This chapter does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this chapter.(Added by...
• Section 1724.
  (a) This chapter applies to all actions commenced on or after the effective date of this chapter in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country...
• Section 1725.
  (a) If all of the following conditions are satisfied, a person against whom a foreign-country defamation judgment was rendered may seek declaratory relief with respect to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018