New Hampshire Foreign Judgment Enrollment
New Hampshire Revised Statutes
TITLE LIII
PROCEEDINGS IN COURT
CHAPTER 524-A
REVISED UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS ACT
Section 524-A:1
Definition.
In this chapter, "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree,
or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is
entitled to full faith and credit in this state. Chap. 524-A, §524-A:1
Filing and Status of Foreign Judgments.
A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with
the act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office
of the clerk of any district or superior court of this state. The clerk
shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the
district or superior court of this state. A judgment so filed
has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and
proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a district
or superior court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like
manner. Chap. 524-A, §524-A:2
Notice of Filing.
I. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the
judgment creditor or his lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court
an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address
of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor.
II. Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit,
the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the
judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing
in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post office address
of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's lawyer, if any, in
this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the
filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing
with the clerk. Lack of mailing notice of filing by the clerk shall not
affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment
creditor has been filed.
III. No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign
judgment filed under this section shall issue until 15 days after the date
the judgment is filed. Chap. 524-A, §524-A:3
Stay.
I. If the judgment debtor shows the district or superior
court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken,
or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement
of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal
expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that
the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of
the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.
II. If the judgment debtor shows the district or superior court
any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any district or superior
court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of
the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same
security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.
Chap. 524-A, §524-A:4
Fees.
Fees for filing a foreign judgment shall be set in accordance with
RSA 490:26-a. Chap. 524-A, §524-A:5
Optional Procedure.
The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce
his judgment instead of proceeding under this chapter remains unimpaired.
Chap. 524-A, §524-A:6
Uniformity of Interpretation.
This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate
its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact
it. Chap. 524-A, §524-A:7
Short Title.
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments Act. Chap. 524-A, §524-A:8
