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Code of Civil Procedure § 1719

CHAPTER 2. Foreign-Country Money Judgments

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1719Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.

If the court in a proceeding under Section 1718 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this chapter 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 following:

(a) Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in this state would be conclusive.

(b) Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in this state.