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The "recognition" of a foreign judgment occurs when the court of one country or jurisdiction accepts a judicial decision made by the courts of another "foreign" country or jurisdiction, and issues a judgment in substantially identical terms without rehearing the substance of the original lawsuit.

For creditors who want to try and collect on a judgment issued by a court from another state or foreign country, they must first have their foreign judgment "domesticated" here in Texas. Once domesticated, they may then try to collect the debt owed to them with the methods discussed below.

The Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act: the ?UEFJA,? found at Chapter 35 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, provides for the recognition of judgments from other territories, states, and federal courts that are entitled to Full Faith and Credit (historically referred to as a ?foreign judgment?).

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.

A foreign judgment can be authenticated ?in ance with an act of congress or a statute of this state,? which then ?may be filed in the office of the clerk of any court of competent jurisdiction of this state.? TEX.

The quickest and easiest is to follow the Uniform Enforcement of Judgments Act (?UEFJA?). [1] Under the UEFJA, all a creditor must do is file an authenticated copy of the judgment in a Texas court. The filing of the judgment both initiates the enforcement proceeding and creates a Texas judgment.