Code of Civil Procedure § 1714

CHAPTER 2. Foreign-Country Money Judgments

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1714Official source ↗

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 243, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2017, Ch. 168, Sec. 3. (AB 905) Effective January 1, 2018.

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Foreign country” means a government other than any of the following:

(1) The United States.

(2) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States.

(3) A federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, pueblo, band, or Alaska Native village.

(4) Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government’s courts is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.

(b) “Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.