How To Register A Foreign Judgment In Texas

That is domesticating the judgment.

How to register a foreign judgment in texas. In order to enforce a foreign. The uefja sets out a process for taking a judgment from a u s. In order to execute judgment on a foreign judgment the following petition must be filed in the county in which you seek to enforce the petition. Ten days after a foreign judgment is filed and notice has been given to the judgment debtor the creditor may begin enforcement of the judgment by means allowed by law within the state in which the foreign judgment has been registered. Once the judgment has been properly filed with the texas court the judgment creditor is free to pursue post judgment collection activities including abstracting the judgment in the real property records and sending post judgment written discovery demands.

This chapter may be cited as the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act. In the meantime a foreign judgment against a texas business or resident requires domestication in. The debtor may request a stay or be granted denial of having the foreign judgment recorded. This foreign judgment enrollment package contains the forms and instructions to enroll a foreign other state judgment in your state. The texas statute of limitations on foreign judgments has expired.

A foreign judgment is a judgment entered by a court other than the court of the state where the judgment is sought to. The following form petition to enforce foreign judgment is used to enforce a judgment obtained in a state other than texas. In this chapter foreign judgment means a judgment decree or order of a court of the united states or of any other court that is entitled to full faith and credit in this state. The word foreign seems to imply the judgment was entered outside of the country. Filing and status of foreign judgments a a copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of congress or a statute of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any court of competent jurisdiction of this state.

The uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act uefja governs the domestication of foreign judgments in texas. Judgments entered outside texas are known as foreign judgments. Acts 1985 69th leg ch. If filing an authenticated judgment is not possible there is also another option filing a new lawsuit. This chapter may be cited as the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act.

Petition to enforce foreign judgment.