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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 12-1702 (2026)

Filing and status of foreign judgments

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A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any superior court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the superior court of this state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a superior court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 33 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1972–2024 · leading case: Jones v. Roach, 575 P.2d 345 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1977).
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Jones v. Roach, 575 P.2d 345 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 18× “The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether A.R.S. § 12-1702 of the Uniform *148 Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act allows the courts of Arizona to hear and determine motions under Rule 60(c), Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, as to judgments rendered in a sister state.”
Phares v. Nutter, 609 P.2d 561 (Ariz. 1980). · cites it 6× “): “Thus, A.R.S. § 12-1702 merely provides that procedurally a foreign judgment is subject to the same procedures as a final judgment of this state.”
Polacke v. Superior Court, 823 P.2d 84 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 4× “On November 21, 1988, wife domesticated the Florida divorce judgment by registering it in Maricopa County Superior Court pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-1702, 1 and sent notice to husband that she had filed the foreign judgment with the Arizona court, pursuant to A.”
Vikse v. Johnson, 672 P.2d 193 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 4× “In February, 1981, the appellants, pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-1702, [1] filed the Minnesota judgment in Pima County and gave notice to the appellees.”
Vikse v. Johnson, 672 P.2d 193 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 4× “In February, 1981, the appellants, pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-1702, 1 filed the Minnesota judgment in Pima County and gave notice to the appellees.”
Glover v. Glover, 289 P.3d 12 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “Specifically, following the directives of A.R.S. §§ 12-1702 and -1703, on January 23, 2006, Father filed with the superior court (l) his attorney’s affidavit, which attached a certified copy of the Massachusetts judgment and provided the parties’ addresses, (2) a notice of…”
Grynberg v. Shaffer, 165 P.3d 234 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 12-1702 (2003). ¶ 7 Both Appellant and Appellee agree that the four-year statute of limitations provided by A.”
Marcus Labertew v. Loral Langemeier, 846 F.3d 1028 (9th Cir. 2017). “Such a judgment entered in favor of the United States may be so registered any time after judgment is entered.”
Springfield Credit Union v. Johnson, 599 P.2d 772 (Ariz. 1979). · cites it 2× “By A.R.S. § 12-1702, a part of the Revised Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, it is provided that a copy of a foreign judgment may be filed in the office of the clerk of any Superior Court of this State and: “[a] judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to…”
Eschenhagen v. Zika, 696 P.2d 1362 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 12-1702 provides: A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any superior court of this state.”
Lavigne v. Chase, Haskell, Hayes & Kalamon, P.S., 112 Wash. App. 677 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “§ 12-1611 ; Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 12-1702 . Hence, RCL’s judgment had expired in 1996 and was no longer enforceable.”
Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. v. Phifer, 887 P.2d 5 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “§ 12-544(3), and nothing in the language of A.R.S. § 12-1702, which provides for treatment of the foreign judgment by the clerk of the superior court in the same manner as a domestic judgment, extends the statute of limitations governing foreign judgments.”
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