2016 Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 626A - ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
Section 626A.2 - Filing and status of foreign judgments.
626A.2
Filing and status of foreign judgments.
1. A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an Act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of a county of this state which would have venue if the original action was being commenced in this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of the district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
2. A proceeding to enforce a child support order is governed by 28 U.S.C. §1738B.
[C81, §626A.2]
96 Acts, ch 1141, §32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §236
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