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Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 12. VERDICT AND JUDGMENT · Article 5. UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT

9-12-115. Procedure for recognition.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of such foreign-country judgment.#

  2. (b)

    If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim.#

  3. (c)

    Chapter 11 of this title shall apply to any claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim for recognition of a foreign-country judgment.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 9-12-115, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1/SB 65.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2015. See editor’s note for applicability.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 1-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘(a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Debtor Creditor Uniform Law Modernization Act of 2015.’ ‘‘(b) To promote consistency among the states, it is the intent of the General Assembly to modernize certain existing uniform laws promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission affecting debtor and creditor rights, responsibilities, and relationships and other federally recognized laws affecting such rights, responsibilities, and relationships.’’ Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 9-12-115 as present Code Section 9-12-114. Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 7-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part: ‘‘Part 2 of this Act shall apply to all actions filed on or after July 1, 2015, in which the recognition of a foreign country judgment is raised.’’

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, page 168; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.