Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 (2026)
"Foreign judgment" defined
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this part, "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.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 278, s 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1976, ch. 530, § 1; T.C.A., § 26-801.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2022 · leading case: Nissen v. Miller, 642 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982).
Nissen v. Miller, 642 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982). “” T.C.A. 26-6-103. The Chancellor ruled the Colorado judgment must be enforced if it is not subject to modification and therefore a final judgment.”
The Wolf Org., Inc. v. TNG Contractors, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 . It is well established that judgments issued without personal jurisdiction are not entitled to full faith and credit.”
Mantis Funding LLC v. Buy Wholesale Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 . 3 The trial court’s order states that no oral argument took place.”
Boardwalk Regency Corp. v. Roy Patterson & Trump Taj Mahal Assoc. v. Roy Patterson (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “IV, § 1 nor Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 limits the judgments entitled to full faith and credit to judgments of “courts of record.”
Rain & Hail, Inc. v. Craig A. Stewart (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “The plaintiff overlooks that the term “foreign judgment” is a term defined in Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 (2000) as a “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.”
Veronica Monde Barone v. Frank A. Barone (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 . Because “[t]he full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution, Article 4, section 1, only applies to states and territories of the United States of America and not to foreign countries .”
Tareco Props., Inc. v. Steve Morriss (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 . A foreign judgment filed pursuant to the Act “has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a court of record in this state and may be enforced or satisfied…”
Gerald Freeburg ETC v. Phillip Turner (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 (2000). This Court has discussed when foreign judgments are entitled to full faith and credit as follows: Foreign judgments are ordinarily entitled to full faith and credit in Tennessee's courts.”
David New v. Lavinia Dumitrache (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “§ 26-6-103. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), another uniform statute, provides a mechanism for “registration” of a foreign judgment that makes a child custody determination.”
David New v. Lavinia Dumitrache (2020). “in the office of the clerk of any circuit or chancery court of this state.”
Maberry v. Maberry (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-6-103 . The full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution, Article 4, section 1, only applies to states and territories of the United States of America and not to foreign countries.”
Heirs of the Est. of William A. McCall v. Johnson (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “§ 26-6-103. “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.”
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