10-1510. ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS. (a) If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in section 10-1507, Idaho Code, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars.
(b) A foreign judgment may be filed in accordance with any rule or statute of this state providing a procedure for its recognition and enforcement.
(c) A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof thereof, must be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in this state.
(d) A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in another state must be enforced in this state in United States dollars only.
History:
[10-1510, added 2001, ch. 329, sec. 1, p. 1158.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 10 - ISSUES, TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS
Chapter 15 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIMS ACT
Section 10-1501 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 10-1503 - VARIATION BY AGREEMENT.
Section 10-1504 - DETERMINING MONEY OF THE CLAIM.
Section 10-1505 - DETERMINING AMOUNT OF THE MONEY OF CERTAIN CONTRACT CLAIMS.
Section 10-1506 - ASSERTING AND DEFENDING FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIM.
Section 10-1508 - CONVERSIONS OF FOREIGN MONEY IN DISTRIBUTION PROCEEDING.
Section 10-1509 - PREJUDGMENT AND JUDGMENT INTEREST.
Section 10-1510 - ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS.
Section 10-1512 - EFFECT OF CURRENT REVALORIZATION.
Section 10-1513 - SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW.
Section 10-1514 - UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Section 10-1515 - SHORT TITLE.