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Procedures for enforcement Once a judgment is recognized, the Canadian court will issue a certified copy of the foreign judgment for enforcement. The judgment creditor can then follow the provincial rules to execute the judgment against the debtor's assets as if it were a domestic Canadian judgment.

Options to enforce a court judgment First, prepare and file your court order. ... Next, write and ask the debtor to pay you. ... You can schedule a kind of enforcement hearing with the court. ... You can get an order to seize and sell the debtor's personal property. ... You can get a garnishing order. ... You can ask for a default hearing.

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The judgment creditor must apply for a writ of execution in the same North Dakota county that ordered the judgment. For foreign judgments registered in North Dakota, the judgment creditor must apply for a writ of execution in the same North Dakota county where the foreign judgment is registered.

Enforcement cannot be accomplished by means of letters rogatory in the United States. Under U.S. law, an individual seeking to enforce a foreign judgment, decree or order in this country must file suit before a competent court. The court will determine whether to recognize and enforce the foreign judgment.

At common law, a foreign judgment may be recognised if: it is a final judgment (although this requirement has been waived in certain limited circumstances); it was granted by a court of competent jurisdiction; and. it is of a nature that the principle of comity requires the Canadian court to enforce.