2023 Minnesota Statutes

548.72 RELATIONSHIP TO UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT.

(a) Sections 548.64 to 548.74 supplement the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, and sections 548.54 to 548.63, other than section 548.59, apply to a registration under sections 548.64 to 548.74.

(b) A person may seek recognition of a Canadian judgment described in section 548.66 either:

(1) by registration under sections 548.64 to 548.74; or

(2) under section 548.59.

(c) Subject to paragraph (d), a person may not seek recognition in this state of the same judgment or part of a judgment described in 548.66, paragraph (b) or (c), with regard to the same person under both sections 548.59 and 548.64 to 548.74.

(d) If the court grants a petition to vacate a registration solely on a ground under section 548.70, paragraph (b), clause (2), the person seeking registration may:

(1) if the defect in the registration can be cured, file a new registration under sections 548.64 to 548.74; or

(2) seek recognition of the judgment under section 548.59.

History:

2022 c 81 s 9