Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 36A.003 — APPLICABILITY

CP § 36A.003Title 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL · Part C. JUDGMENTS · Ch. 36A. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES

(a)Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), this chapter applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:

(1)grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and

(2)under the law of the foreign country in which the judgment is rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.

(b)This chapter does not apply to a foreign-country judgment that grants or denies recovery of a sum of money to the extent that the judgment is:

(1)a judgment for taxes;

(2)a fine or other penalty; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 390 (S.B. 944), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.