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 circuit court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit 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 circuit court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-16A-2
Filing of authenticated copy of foreign judgment--Treatment and effect
Known as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
The act spans §§ 15-16A-1 to 15-16A-9 (10 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Wooster v. Wooster (1987)
Most recently applied in In Re the Estate of Foss (November 2001)
Source: SL 1975, ch 160, § 2.
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