806.39 Enforcement of foreign judgments.
(1) Subject to subs. (2) and (3), 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 s. 806.36 whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of U.S. dollars. A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment must be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in this state.
(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), a foreign judgment may be filed and entered in the judgment and lien docket under s. 806.24.
(3) A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in U.S. dollars in another state must be enforced in this state in U.S. dollars only.
History: 1991 a. 236; 1995 a. 224.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 806 - Civil procedure — judgment.
806.025 - Payment of judgment in cases involving prisoners.
806.03 - Judgment on admitted claim; order to satisfy.
806.04 - Uniform declaratory judgments act.
806.05 - Declaratory judgments against obscene matter.
806.06 - Rendition, perfection and entry of judgment.
806.07 - Relief from judgment or order.
806.08 - Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment.
806.09 - Restitution in case of reversed judgment; purchaser for value.
806.10 - Judgment and lien docket.
806.11 - Delinquent income or franchise tax lien.
806.115 - Filing of duplicate copy of warrant.
806.12 - Transcript of municipal judge's judgment.
806.13 - Judgments entered in other counties.
806.14 - Enforcement of real estate judgment in other counties.
806.15 - Lien of judgment; priority; statute may be suspended.
806.16 - Appellate court judgment, entry.
806.17 - Entering federal judgments.
806.18 - Assignment of judgment.
806.19 - Satisfaction of judgments.
806.20 - Court may direct satisfaction; refusal to satisfy.
806.21 - Judgment satisfied not a lien; partial satisfaction.
806.22 - Filing copy of satisfaction.
806.23 - Action on judgment, when brought.
806.24 - Uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act.
806.245 - Indian tribal documents: full faith and credit.
806.25 - No judgment without action.
806.32 - Variation by agreement.
806.33 - Determining the money of the claim.
806.34 - Determining the amount of the money of certain contract claims.
806.35 - Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
806.36 - Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.
806.37 - Conversions of foreign money in a distribution proceeding.
806.38 - Prejudgment and judgment interest.
806.39 - Enforcement of foreign judgments.
806.40 - Temporarily determining the U.S. dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
806.41 - Effect of currency revalorizations.
806.42 - Supplementary general principles of law.