2014 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY
Chapter 9-32 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
Section 9-32-2 - Filing and status of foreign judgments.
§ 9-32-2 Filing and status of foreign judgments. – A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of the appropriate superior or district court. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the superior or district court. 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 court and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner to any Rhode Island state court judgment.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1985, ch. 104, § 1.)
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