78B-5-411 - Enforcement of foreign judgments.
78B-5-411. Enforcement of foreign judgments.
(1) Subject to Subsections (2) and (3), if an action is brought to enforce a judgment ofanother jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state asenforceable, the enforcing judgment shall be entered as provided in Section 78B-5-408 whetheror not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United Statesdollars. A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof thereof,shall be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstandingthe entry of judgment in this state.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a foreign judgment may be filed in the judgmentdocket in accordance with any statute of this state providing a procedure for its recognition andenforcement.
(3) A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars inanother state shall be enforced in this state in United States dollars only.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session