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626A.2 - FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS.

        626A.2  FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS.         1.  A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with      an Act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the      office of the clerk of the district court of a county of this state      which would have venue if the original action was being commenced in      this state.  The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same      manner as a judgment of the district court of this state.  A judgment      so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures,      defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a      judgment of the district court of this state and may be enforced or      satisfied in like manner.         2.  A proceeding to enforce a child support order is governed by      28 U.S.C. § 1738B.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C81, § 626A.2]
         Section History: Recent Form
         96 Acts, ch 1141, § 32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §236