2005 Minnesota Statutes

     548.27 Filing and status of foreign judgments. 

    (a) A certified copy of any foreign judgment may be filed 
 in the office of the court administrator of any district court 
 of this state.  Subject to paragraph (b), the court 
 administrator shall treat the foreign judgment in the same 
 manner as a judgment of any district court or the Supreme Court 
 of this state, and upon the filing of a certified copy of a 
 foreign judgment in the office of the court administrator of 
 district court of a county, it may not be filed in another 
 district court in the 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 court or the Supreme Court of this state, and may be 
 enforced or satisfied in like manner. 

    (b) If the creditor wants the foreign state's life span or 
 interest rate applied to the judgment, the creditor or 
 creditor's attorney must file an affidavit attesting to the 
 foreign state's life span or interest rate, and a subsequent 
 affidavit each time the interest rate or life span changes.  
 Absent such an affidavit, Minnesota's life span and interest 
 rate shall be applied to the judgment. 

    HIST: 1977 c 51 s 2; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 273 s 1; 
 2005 c 14 s 1 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to this section by Laws 2005, chapter 
*14, section 1, is effective August 1, 2006.  Laws 2005, chapter 
*159, article 1, section 14, as amended by Laws 2005, First 
*Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 10.