Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 35.003

FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS

Known as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act

The act spans §§ 35–35 (7 sections).

Applied in 44 court decisions — leading case Texas Lottery Commission v. First State Bank of DeQueen (2010)

Most recently applied in Tigh v. De Lage Landen Fin. Servs. (March 2018)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of congress or a statute of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any court of competent jurisdiction of this state.

(b) The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the court in which the foreign judgment is filed.

(c) A filed foreign judgment has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating, staying, enforcing, or satisfying a judgment as a judgment of the court in which it is filed.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.