A. If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in Section 8 [39-4C-8 NMSA 1978] of the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars.
B. A foreign judgment may be filed and docketed in accordance with any rule or statute of this state providing a procedure for its recognition and enforcement.
C. A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof thereof, must be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in this state.
D. A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in another state must be enforced in this state in United States dollars only.
History: Laws 1991, ch. 181, § 11.
Applicability. — Laws 1991, ch. 181, § 18 makes the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act applicable to actions and distribution proceedings commenced after July 1, 1991.
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