2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 6 - ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
6.40A Uniform foreign-country money judgments recognition act.
6.40A.010 Definitions.
RCW 6.40A.010 Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Foreign country" means a government other than:
(a) The United States;
(b) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or
(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 the United States Constitution.
(2) "Foreign-country judgment" means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.
[2009 c 363 § 2.]
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