Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 60-3001 (2026)

Foreign judgment, defined

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60-3001. Foreign judgment, defined. As used in this act:

(a) "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 that no judgment of any court in this state shall be a foreign judgment in any other court of this state; and

(b) "state" means a state of the United States.

History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 199, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 107, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases, 1924–2017 · leading case: Padron v. Lopez, 220 P.3d 345 (Kan. 2009).
Padron v. Lopez, 220 P.3d 345 (Kan. 2009). · cites it 10× “: This appeal arises from a district court’s decision to quash the registration and attempted enforcement of a Florida temporary injunction, filed under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (Foreign Judgments Act), K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. We affirm this decision,…”
Alexander Constr. Co. v. Weaver, 594 P.2d 248 (Kan. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 12× “Sanford Weaver, hereinafter referred to as defendant, on a foreign judgment filed in Kansas under the provisions of K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq., and releasing a judgment lien on the records of Johnson County.”
Tanner v. Hancock, 619 P.2d 1177 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 7× “760 (1978), a “foreign judgment” entitled to registration under the Kansas Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq.? We find that it is not.”
Johnson Bros. Wholesale Liquor Co. v. Clemmons, 661 P.2d 1242 (Kan. 1983). · cites it 3× “: This is a proceeding to enforce a Minnesota judgment under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. The plaintiff-appellee is Johnson Brothers Wholesale Liquor Co.”
State ex rel. Hopkins v. Sw. Bell Tel. Co., 223 P. 771 (Kan. 1924). · cites it 2× “Section 60-3001 of the Revised Statutes, in part, reads: “A new trial is a reexamination in the same court of an issue of fact after a verdict by a juiy, report of a referee or a decision by the court.”
Nat'l Equip. Rental, Ltd. v. Taylor, 587 P.2d 870 (Kan. 1978). “On June 24, 1976, the foreign judgment was filed in Seward County District Court under the provisions of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. Taylor filed a motion to dismiss which was granted on November 5, 1976.”
Tri-State Truck Ins., LTD v. First Nat'l Bank of Wamego, 535 F. App'x 653 (10th Cir. 2013). “Tri-State asserted the Pennsylvania judgment, as a valid and final judgment under the Kansas Uniform Enforcement of Judgments Act, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-3001 et seq., was entitled to full faith and credit in Kansas.”
Landon v. Artz, 631 P.2d 1237 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “: The question presented in this case is whether a counterclaim may be asserted in a proceeding instituted under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. The trial court held it could not and we affirm.”
In re the Est. of Rains, 815 P.2d 61 (Kan. 1991). · cites it 2× “In the Kansas Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA), K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq., the enforceability of a judgment is affected by an appeal of the foreign judgment.”
Resolution Trust Corp. v. Atchity, 913 P.2d 162 (Kan. 1996). “On January 19,1993, RTC registered *587 the Illinois judgment in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas, under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. Pursuant to K.S.A.”
Brockman Equip. Leasing, Inc. v. Zollar, 596 P.2d 827 (Kan. Ct. App. 1979). “: This case involves the enforceability of a foreign judgment in this state under the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act, K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. The plaintiff, Brockman Equipment Leasing, Inc.”
Worthington v. Miller, 727 P.2d 928 (Kan. Ct. App. 1986). “Miller appeals from the trial court’s enforcement of a Colorado judgment pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. The facts of this case are not in dispute.”
— K.S.A. § 60-3001(a) — 1 case
Padron v. Lopez, 220 P.3d 345 (Kan. 2009). “: This appeal arises from a district court’s decision to quash the registration and attempted enforcement of a Florida temporary injunction, filed under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (Foreign Judgments Act), K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. We affirm this decision,…”
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