8.01-465.10 - Judgment not conclusive; not to be recognized.
§ 8.01-465.10. Judgment not conclusive; not to be recognized.
A. A foreign country money judgment is not conclusive if:
1. The judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartialtribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process oflaw;
2. The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or
3. The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.
B. A foreign country money judgment need not be recognized if:
1. The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receivenotice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend;
2. The judgment was obtained by fraud;
3. The claim for relief on which the judgment is based is repugnant to thepublic policy of this Commonwealth;
4. The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;
5. The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement betweenthe parties under which the dispute in question was to be settled otherwisethan by proceedings in that court; or
6. In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreigncourt was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.
(1990, c. 276.)