A certified copy of any foreign judgment may be filed in the office of the court administrator of any district court of this state. The court administrator shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of any district court or the supreme court of this state. The time period provided in section 548.09 for the continuation of the lien on real property, the rate of interest accrual provided in section 549.09, the time period provided in section 550.01 for the enforcement of the judgment, and the requirements of sections 508.63 and 508A.63 apply to foreign judgments filed pursuant to this section. For purposes of sections 548.09, 549.09, 550.01, 508.63, and 508A.63, the date of entry of a foreign judgment is the original date of entry in the foreign jurisdiction. Upon the filing of a certified copy of a foreign judgment in the office of the court administrator of district court of a county, it may not be filed in another district court in the 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 district court or the supreme court of this state, and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case:
Griffis v. Luban, 646 N.W.2d 527 (Minn. 2002).
Griffis v. Luban, 646 N.W.2d 527 (Minn. 2002).
· cites it 3× “Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Acts, Minn.Stat. § 548.27 (2000); Hutson v. Christensen, 295 Minn.”
Matson v. Matson, 333 N.W.2d 862 (Minn. 1983).
· cites it 2× “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 district court or the supreme court of this state, and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner, (emphasis added)…”
Corsica Cheese, Inc. v. Roers Enter., Inc., 389 N.W.2d 751 (Minn. Ct. App. 1986).
· cites it 5× “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 district court or the supreme *753 court of this state and may be enforced and satisfied in like manner.”
Matson v. Matson, 310 N.W.2d 502 (Minn. 1981).
· cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 548.27 (1980) (emphasis added).”
Blume Law Firm PC v. Pierce, 741 N.W.2d 921 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 2× “Can the Arizona judgment be set aside under the fraud exception to the general requirements of the Full Faith and Credit Clause? ANALYSIS The Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act provides that judgments from other states are “subject to the same procedures, defenses and…”
Marriage of Gibson v. Baxter, 434 N.W.2d 486 (Minn. Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 20× “The trial court ordered Gibson to file the Nebraska judgment and decree pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 548.27 (1986). Applying Nebraska law and using the $375 monthly obligation as a base, the trial court calculated the net amount of arrearages and added interest at a rate of 9% from…”
Jensen v. Fhima, 731 N.W.2d 876 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 3× “On May 26, 2006, a foreign judgment (“the Judgment”) in favor of [respondent] and against [appellant] was filed in Hennepin County District Court pursuant to Minn.Stat. 548.27.... 3. The Judgment was originally filed in the Superior Court of California .”
Griffis v. Luban, 633 N.W.2d 548 (Minn. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 2× “Under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Acts, Minn.Stat. § 548.27 (2000), Minnesota will not give full faith and credit to a foreign court’s judgment if that court lacks proper personal jurisdiction.”
United Bank of Skyline v. Fales, 395 N.W.2d 131 (Minn. Ct. App. 1986).
· cites it 2× “1983) the supreme court noted that the language of Minn.Stat. § 548.27 does not allow the courts of this State to apply Rule 60.”
Marriage of Hodges v. Hodges, 415 N.W.2d 62 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987).
· cites it 2× “"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 district court or the supreme court of this state, and may be enforced or satisfied in the same manner.”
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