2022 New York Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules
Article 53 - Recognition of Foreign Country Money Judgments
5305 - Personal Jurisdiction.

§  5305. Personal jurisdiction. (a) A foreign country judgment may not
be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:
  1. the defendant was served with process  personally  in  the  foreign
country;
  2.  the  defendant  voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than
for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure
in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of  the  court  over
the defendant;
  3.  the  defendant  prior  to  the  commencement of the proceeding had
agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court  with  respect
to the subject matter involved;
  4.  the  defendant  was  domiciled  in  the  foreign  country when the
proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of business
organization that had  its  principal  place  of  business  in,  or  was
organized under the laws of, or had otherwise acquired corporate status,
in the foreign country;
  5.  the defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the
proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action  arising  out
of  business  done  by  the defendant through that office in the foreign
country; or
  6. the defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in  the  foreign
country  and  the  proceeding  involved a cause of action arising out of
such operation.
  (b)  The  courts  of  this  state  may  recognize  bases  of  personal
jurisdiction  other than those listed in subdivision (a) of this section
as sufficient to support a foreign country judgment.