Hawaii Revised Statutes 636c. Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act

• 636c-1 Short Title.
  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. [L 1983, c 31, pt of §1]
• 636c-2 Definition.
  In this chapter "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which...
• 636c-3 Filing and Status of Foreign Judgments.
  A copy of any exemplified foreign judgment may be filed in the office of the clerk of the appropriate court of this State. The...
• 636c-4 Notice of Filing.
  (a) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's lawyer shall make and file with...
• 636c-5 Stay.
  (a) If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a...
• 636c-6 Fees.
  Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay $100 to the clerk of the court. Fees for docketing, transcription, or other enforcement proceedings shall...
• 636c-7 Optional Procedures.
  The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce a judgment instead of proceeding under this chapter remains unimpaired. [L 1983,...
• 636c-8 Uniformity of Interpretation.
  This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact...

Last modified: October 27, 2016