Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

548.60 EFFECT OF RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT. If the court in a proceeding under section 548.59 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under sections 548.54 to 548.63, then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies r…

548.61 STAY OF PROCEEDINGS PENDING APPEAL OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT. 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, …

548.62 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must 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 effec…

548.63 SAVING CLAUSE. Sections 548.54 to 548.63 do not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of sections 548.54 to 548.63. History: 2010 c 263 s 10

548.64 SHORT TITLE. Sections 548.64 to 548.74 may be cited as the "Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act." History: 2022 c 81 s 1

548.65 DEFINITIONS. In sections 548.64 to 548.74: (1) "Canada" means the sovereign nation of Canada and its provinces and territories. "Canadian" has a corresponding meaning. (2) "Canadian judgment" means a judgment of a court of Canada, other than a judgment that recognizes the …

548.66 APPLICABILITY. (a) Sections 548.64 to 548.74 apply to a Canadian judgment to the extent the judgment is within the scope of sections 548.54 to 548.63, if recognition of the judgment is sought to enforce the judgment. (b) A Canadian judgment that grants both recovery of a s…

548.67 REGISTRATION OF CANADIAN JUDGMENT. (a) A person seeking recognition of a Canadian judgment described in section 548.66 to enforce the judgment may register the judgment in the office of the court administrator of a court in which an action for recognition of the judgment c…

548.68 EFFECT OF REGISTRATION. (a) Subject to paragraph (b), a Canadian judgment registered under section 548.67 has the same effect provided in section 548.60 for a judgment a court determines to be entitled to recognition. (b) A Canadian judgment registered under section 548.67…

548.69 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. (a) A person that registers a Canadian judgment under section 548.67 shall cause notice of registration to be served on the person against whom the judgment has been registered. (b) Notice under this section must be served in the same manner that a …

548.70 PETITION TO VACATE REGISTRATION. (a) Not later than 30 days after notice under section 548.69 is served, the person against whom the judgment was registered may petition the court to vacate the registration. The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time for …

548.71 STAY OF ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT PENDING DETERMINATION OF PETITION. A person that files a petition under section 548.70, paragraph (a), to vacate registration of a Canadian judgment may request the court to stay enforcement of the judgment pending determination of the petit…

548.72 RELATIONSHIP TO UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT. (a) Sections 548.64 to 548.74 supplement the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, and sections 548.54 to 548.63, other than section 548.59, apply to a registration under sections 5…

548.73 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. History: 2022 c 81 s 10

548.74 TRANSITIONAL PROVISION. Sections 548.64 to 548.74 apply to the registration of a Canadian judgment entered in a proceeding that is commenced in Canada on or after August 1, 2022. History: 2022 c 81 s 11