Maine Statutes
§ 14 §8003 — Filing and status of foreign judgments
Maine·Title 14 COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL·Part 7 PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS·Ch. 740 UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS ACT
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 Court or of any Superior Court of this State. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the District Court 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 the District Court or the Superior Court of this State and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
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Legislative History
PL 1975, c. 335 (NEW).
Nearby Sections
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§ 14 §8001
Short title§ 14 §8002
Definition§ 14 §8003
Filing and status of foreign judgments§ 14 §8004
Notice of filing§ 14 §8005
Stay§ 14 §8006
Fees§ 14 §8007
Optional procedure§ 14 §8008
Uniformity of interpretation§ 14 §802
Right begins to run§ 14 §803
Right deemed to accrue§ 14 §804
Entry for condition broken§ 14 §805
Accrual of right of entry§ 14 §807
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