Definition · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 5401. Definition. In this article "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state, except one obtained by default in appearance, or by confession of judgment.
A foreign judgment is a judgment, decree or order of a United States court or another court that New York must give full faith and credit, but it does not include a judgment obtained by default in appearance or by confession of judgment. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
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