Section 10-1401 – SHORT TITLE.

10-1401. SHORT TITLE. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act." History: [10-1401, added 2007, ch. 46, sec. 2, p. 115.]

Section 10-1402 – DEFINITIONS.

10-1402. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Foreign country" means a government other than: (a) The United States; (b) A state, district, commonwealth, territory or insular possession of the United States; or (c) Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government’s courts […]

Section 10-1403 – APPLICABILITY.

10-1403. APPLICABILITY. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, this chapter applies to a foreign country judgment to the extent that the judgment: (a) Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and (b) Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive and enforceable. (2) This […]

Section 10-1404 – STANDARDS FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY JUDGMENT.

10-1404. STANDARDS FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY JUDGMENT. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a court of this state shall recognize a foreign country judgment to which this chapter applies. (2) A court of this state may not recognize a foreign country judgment if: (a) The judgment was […]

Section 10-1405 – PERSONAL JURISDICTION.

10-1405. PERSONAL JURISDICTION. (1) A foreign country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if: (a) The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country; (b) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceeding […]

Section 10-1406 – PROCEDURE FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY JUDGMENT.

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 […]

Section 10-1407 – EFFECT OF RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY JUDGMENT.

10-1407. EFFECT OF RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY JUDGMENT. If the court in a proceeding under section 10-1406, Idaho Code, finds that the foreign country judgment is entitled to recognition under this chapter then, to the extent that the foreign country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign country judgment is: […]

Section 10-1408 – STAY OF PROCEEDINGS PENDING APPEAL OF FOREIGN COUNTRY JUDGMENT.

10-1408. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS PENDING APPEAL OF FOREIGN COUNTRY JUDGMENT. If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant has […]

Section 10-1409 – STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

10-1409. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. An action to recognize a foreign country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign country judgment is effective in the foreign country or fifteen (15) years from the date that the foreign country judgment became effective in the foreign country. History: [10-1409, added 2007, […]

Section 10-1410 – UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION.

10-1410. UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. History: [10-1410, added 2007, ch. 46, sec. 2, p. 118.]

Section 10-1411 – SAVINGS CLAUSE.

10-1411. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 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. History: [10-1411, added 2007, ch. 46, sec. 2, p. 118.]