Section 548.26 — Definition.

548.26 DEFINITION. “Foreign judgment” means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state. History: 1977 c 51 s 1

Section 548.27 — Filing And Status Of Foreign Judgments.

548.27 FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS. A certified copy of any foreign judgment may be filed in the office of the court administrator of any district court of this state. The court administrator shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of any district court or the supreme court of […]

Section 548.28 — Notice Of Filing.

548.28 NOTICE OF FILING. Subdivision 1. Affidavit. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the creditor’s lawyer shall make and file with the court administrator an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor. Subd. 2. Mailing […]

Section 548.29 — Stay.

548.29 STAY. Subdivision 1. Stay of enforcement; foreign judgment. If the judgment debtor shows the district court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction […]

Section 548.30 — Fees.

548.30 FEES. Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the court administrator the same fee as provided for filing a civil action in district court, except that if the amount of the judgment is not greater than the jurisdictional limit of the conciliation court, the fee shall be in the amount of the […]

Section 548.31 — Optional Procedure.

548.31 OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce a judgment instead of proceeding under sections 548.26 to 548.30 remains unimpaired. History: 1977 c 51 s 6; 1986 c 444

Section 548.32 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction.

548.32 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. Sections 548.26 to 548.33 shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of sections 548.26 to 548.33 among those states which enact it. History: 1977 c 51 s 7

Section 548.33 — Citation.

548.33 CITATION. Sections 548.26 to 548.33 may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. History: 1977 c 51 s 8