{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"1720","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 1720","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE [1063. - 1822.60.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-3"},{"name":"TITLE 11. MONEY JUDGMENTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS [1710.10. - 1741.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-3/title-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Foreign-Country Money Judgments [1713. - 1725.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-3/title-11/chapter-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 2008.","effective":"2008-01-01","html":"<p>If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken in the foreign country, 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 to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.</p>","text":"If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken in the foreign country, 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 to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/foreign-country-money-judgments-1720","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}