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Michigan Statutes, Title 691

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Title 691, JUDICIARY

92 chapters · 242 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 691242 Ch 371-of-2012, UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT32 Ch 159-of-2014, UNIFORM COLLABORATIVE LAW ACT23 Ch 170-of-1964, GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE22 Ch 260-of-1988, COMMUNITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT16 Ch 38-of-2023, EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT15 Ch 27-of-1994, DRUG DEALER LIABILITY ACT14 Ch 20-of-2008, UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGME…13 Ch 52-of-2025, UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT12 Ch 296-of-2006, REVISED STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT PROTEC…10 Ch 502-of-1996, UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGM…9 Ch 11-of-2014, TRAMPOLINE COURT SAFETY ACT8 Ch 227-of-1963, EMERGENCY INTERIM JUDICIAL SUCCESSIO…7 Ch 343-of-2016, WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT COMPENSATION ACT7 Ch 351-of-1994, EQUINE ACTIVITY LIABILITY ACT7

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1131 Short title.
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Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform foreign-country money judgments recognition act".
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1132 Definitions.
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Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Foreign country" means a government other than any of the following: (i) The United States. (ii) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States. (iii) A federally recognized Indian tribe whose tribal court …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1133 Applicability of act; scope.
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Sec. 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), this act applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that both of the following apply: (a) The judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money. (b) Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, the ju…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1134 Foreign-country judgment; recognition by court; burden for establishing ground for nonrecognition.
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Sec. 4. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this act applies. (2) A court of this state shall not recognize a foreign-country judgment if any of the following apply: (a) The judgmen…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1135 Lack of personal jurisdiction; refusal of recognition prohibited; conditions; bases.

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Sec. 5. (1) A foreign-country judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if any of the following apply: (a) The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country. (b) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other th…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1136 Recognition of foreign-country judgment; raising action as original matter; raising action by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.

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Sec. 6. (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 acti…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1137 Foreign-country judgment; findings.

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Sec. 7. If the court in a proceeding under section 6 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this act, then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is both of the f…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1138 Appeal; stay of proceedings.

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Sec. 8. 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 had sufficien…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1139 Recognition of foreign-country judgment; commencement of action.

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Sec. 9. An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment shall be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign co…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1140 Applicability and construction of act; promotion of uniformity of law.

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Sec. 10. In applying and construing this uniform act, a court shall consider the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1141 Recognition of foreign-country judgment under principles of comity.

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Sec. 11. This act does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment that is not within the scope of this act.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1142 Applicability of act.

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Sec. 12. This act applies to all actions commenced on or after the effective date of this act in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1143 Repeal of MCL 691.1151 to 691.1159.

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Sec. 13. The uniform foreign money-judgments recognition act, 1967 PA 191, MCL 691.1151 to 691.1159, is repealed.