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Florida Statute 55.501, titled the ?Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act?, governs domestication of out-of- state judgments in Florida. The title of the statute is a bit misleading, as ?foreign? does not mean a judgment from another country ? just out-of- state. The statutory apparatus of §55.501, et seq.

The debtor has thirty days to challenge the judgment. The judgment debtor has 30 days to challenge the recording of the Foreign Judgment in Florida. In order to contest the judgment, the debtor must record a lis pendens in the public records and file a new lawsuit contesting the judgment.

Florida courts have also ruled that the Florida 20 year statute of limitation to a foreign judgment filed in Florida. Thus, although the state where the judgment originated might have a shorter statute of limitations, in Florida the 20 year statute applies once the judgment is recorded in Florida.

Section 55.509 - Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment (1) If, within 30 days after the date the foreign judgment is recorded, the judgment debtor files an action contesting the jurisdiction of the court which entered the foreign judgment or the validity of the foreign judgment and records a lis pendens directed ...

Procedures for recognition and enforceability of an out-of-country foreign judgment shall be as follows: (1) The out-of-country foreign judgment shall be filed with the clerk of the court and recorded in the public records in the county or counties where enforcement is sought.

(6) Once an order recognizing the out-of-country foreign judgment has been entered by a court of this state, the order and a copy of the judgment may be recorded in any other county of this state without further notice or proceedings, and shall be enforceable in the same manner as the judgment of a court of this state.