Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 8003 (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 District Court or of any Superior Court of this State. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the District Court or 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 the District Court or the Superior Court of this State and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner. [PL 1975, c. 335 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1975, c. 335 (NEW).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: GENUJO LOK Beteiligungs GmbH v. Zorn, 943 A.2d 573 (Me. 2008).

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GENUJO LOK Beteiligungs GmbH v. Zorn, 943 A.2d 573 (Me. 2008). “” 14 M.R.S. § 8003. [¶ 10] In contrast, the Recognition Act applies to judgments entered in foreign countries.”

Reliable Copy Serv., Inc. v. Liberty, 32 A.3d 1041 (Me. 2011). “The fact that the Enforcement Act subjects foreign judgments sought to be enforced in Maine to the “procedures, defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating or staying the judgment” as would be available in the Maine trial courts, 14 M.R.S. § 8003, does not dictate that…”

Equity Portfolio, LLC, Ltd. v. Schriever, 2002 ME 104 (Me. 2002). “See 14 M.R.S.A. § 8003 (1980). 3 [¶ 3] Equity sought judicial enforcement of the money judgment via a writ of execution, which permits the county sheriff to seize and sell the debtor’s property.”

Saf. Ins. Grp. v. Gawayne Dawson, 2015 ME 64 (Me. 2015). “On May 15, 2014, the District Court entered the New Jersey judgment pursuant to 14 M.R.S. § 8003 and issued a notice of registration of foreign order.”

Farley v. Mathews (Me. Super. Ct 2022). · cites it 2× “2d 573 (quoting 14 M.R.S. § 8003). The Act embraces the principles of the Full Faith and Credit Clause, which '"require[s] the judgments of the courts of one State to be given the same faith and credit in another State as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State…”

GFI Auburn Plaza Realty v. Webster Bank (Me. Super. Ct 2013). · cites it 2× “The Bank concedes that it did not submit to the jurisdiction of any Maine court under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 8003, 8004, before recording the Massachusetts injunction.”

Hearts with Haiti, Inc. v. Kendrick (Me. Super. Ct 2018). “This court will give full faith and credit to the order of the Iowa District Court. 14 M.R.”

HLC Fin. Inc. v. Dave Gould Ford Lincoln Mercury, Inc. (Me. Super. Ct 2003). “The Defendant contends that, pursuant to 14 M.RS.A. § 8003, a filed foreign judgment shall be treated in the same manner as a Maine judgment.”

Myslik v. Schell (Me. Super. Ct 2005). “See 14 M.R.S.A. § 8003 (2003). The preclusive effect of the choice of forum clause on plaintiff's ability to seek prejudgment ‘ Indeed, defendant alleges that the clause was included at plaintiff's direction.”

Genujolok Beteiligungs GmbH v. Zorn (Me. Super. Ct 2007). “Although similar in name, the Recognition Act serves a very different function than the Enforcement Act.”

Reliable Copy Serv., Inc. v. Liberty (Me. Super. Ct 2011). “" 14 M.R.S. § 8003. 2 Copies of the signed certified mail receipts are annexed to the Pennsylvania judgment that was filed in this court on May 24, 2010.”

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