2011 Iowa Code
TITLE XV JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
SUBTITLE 3 CIVIL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 626B UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT
626B.102 Definitions.
626B.102 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. Foreign country means a government other than any of the following:
a. The United States.
b. A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States.
c. 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 Article IV, section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.
d. Any Indian or Alaska native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the United States secretary of the interior recognizes as an Indian tribe.
2. Foreign-country judgment means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.
2010 Acts, ch 1053, §2, 12
Section applies to all actions commenced on or after July 1, 2010, in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised; 2010 Acts, ch 1053, §12
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