Title 26, Execution

(a) If the judgment debtor shows the court of this state that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal…

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce the creditor's judgment instead of proceeding under this part remains unimpaired.

(a) For the purposes of this section only, a “foreign defamation judgment” shall mean any judgment for a cause of action equivalent or fundamentally similar to an action for libel or slander that is rendered by a court or tribunal outside the United States or its territories or p…

This part does not apply to judgments covered by the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, compiled in part 2 of this chapter.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.”

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Foreign country” means a government other than:(A) The United States;(B) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or(C) Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this part applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:(1) Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and(2) Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable. …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this part applies. (b) A court of this state may not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:(1) The judgment was rendered under a judicial syste…

(a) A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:(1) The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country;(2) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting proper…

(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition must be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment. (b) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the i…

(1) If the court in a proceeding under § 26-6-206 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this part, then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is:(1) Conclusive …

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 sufficient time t…

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 ten (10) years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign count…

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.

This part does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this part.