Code Civ. Proc., § 1714 · Chapter 2. Foreign-Country Money Judgments
Code Civ. Proc., § 1714
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
As used in this chapter:
(a) “Foreign country” means a government other than any of the following:
(1) The United States.
(2) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States.
(3) A federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, pueblo, band, or Alaska Native village.
(4) 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.
(b) “Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended (as amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 243, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2017, Ch. 168, Sec. 3. (AB 905) Effective January 1, 2018.
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