Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-9-230 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This article may be cited as the “Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.”
(Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-713, p. 127, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1989–2025 · leading case: Orix Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Murphy, 9 So. 3d 1241 (Ala. 2008).
Orix Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Murphy, 9 So. 3d 1241 (Ala. 2008). “On August 15, 2007, Orix filed a copy of the default judgment with the Lee Circuit Court pursuant to the Alabama Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, § 6-9-230 et seq., Ala. Code 1975. On August 17, 2007, Murphy filed a motion to stay the domestication of that judgment,…”
Pope v. Gordon (In Re Camp), 310 B.R. 634 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2004). “With respect to one of the lien creation/perfection methods available under Alabama’s Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Ala. Code §§ 6-9-230 to -238 (1993 & Supp.”
Pope v. Gordon, 922 So. 2d 893 (Ala. 2005). “Acts 1986, codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 6-9-230 et seq. ("the Act").”
Imperial Crown Mktg. Corp. v. Wright, 560 So. 2d 1025 (Ala. 1989). “The Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-9-230 to 6-9-238, provides a means of enforcing a foreign judgment that is entitled to full faith and credit in this State.”
PIRTEK USA, LLC v. Whitehead, 51 So. 3d 291 (Ala. 2010). “” On May 24, 2007, pursuant to Alabama’s Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (“UEFJA”), § 6-9-230 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, Pirtek filed the Florida judgment in the Mobile Circuit Court, seeking to domesticate the Florida judgment.”
Kenco Signs & Awning Div., Inc. v. CDC, 813 So. 2d 913 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001). “, d/b/a/ TGI Fridays, in the Circuit Court of Houston County, Alabama, pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, § 6-9-230 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, to domesticate and enforce a judgment it had obtained against CDC in Volusia County, Florida.”
Ex Parte Lanier Worldwide, Inc., 922 So. 2d 115 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “In January 2004, Lanier filed a copy of the Georgia judgment in the Dallas Circuit Court pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 6-9-230 et seq. ("UEFJA").”
E.L. v. V.L., 208 So. 3d 1094 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “According to Ala.Code 1975, § 6-9-230 et seq., the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (“the UEFJA”), upon compliance with certain filing provisions, a judgment entered in a foreign jurisdiction that is entitled to full faith and credit may be enforced in this state by…”
Vagenas v. Cont'l Gin Co., 789 F. Supp. 1137 (M.D. Ala. 1992). “§ 6-9-230, et seq., Code of Alabama, commonly known as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.”
Canon Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Nat'l Voting Rights Museum & Inst., Inc., 57 So. 3d 766 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “In August 2007, Canon filed in the Alabama court a document labeled “Notice of Filing of Foreign Judgment” in which it sought to invoke provisions of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (“UEFJA”), Ala.Code 1975, § 6-9-230 et seq. Attached to that filing was an…”
Cambria, Inc. v. Worldwide Custom Materials, Inc., 10 So. 3d 615 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “On February 19, 2008, Cambria, pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (“the UEFJA”), codified at § 6-9-230 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, filed a “Notice of Filing of Foreign Judgment” in the Madison Circuit Court (“the trial court”).”
Afassco, Inc. v. Sanders, 142 So. 3d 1119 (Ala. 2013). “On October 26, 2012, Afassco moved the Houston Circuit Court to domesticate the judgment entered against Sanders by the Nevada court pursuant to the terms of Alabama’s Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, § 6-9-230 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. Sanders was served with…”
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