How To Register A Foreign Judgment In Texas

Judgments entered outside texas are known as foreign judgments.

How to register a foreign judgment in texas. 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. A foreign judgment is a judgment entered by a court other than the court of the state where the judgment is sought to. The word foreign seems to imply the judgment was entered outside of the country. This chapter may be cited as the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act. Acts 1985 69th leg ch.

In order to enforce a foreign. 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 texas statute of limitations on foreign judgments has expired. That is domesticating the judgment. 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.

Petition to enforce foreign judgment. This foreign judgment enrollment package contains the forms and instructions to enroll a foreign other state judgment in your state. The debtor may request a stay or be granted denial of having the foreign judgment recorded. Thirty days after filing the foreign judgment a writ of execution may be also obtained. In the meantime a foreign judgment against a texas business or resident requires domestication in.

Federal court or another state s court and turning it into a texas judgment. If filing an authenticated judgment is not possible there is also another option filing a new lawsuit. The uefja sets out a process for taking a judgment from a u s. 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. However a judgment entered in any state other than texas is also considered a foreign judgment.

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.