Printable Format60-3002. Filing and status of foreign judgments. A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of congress, the statutes of this state or certified in accordance with the statutes of the state in which the judgment was rendered, may be filed in the office of the clerk of any district court of this state. Such copy must be filed by an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Kansas. The clerk of the district court shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment filed as provided by this section has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 131, § 15; L. 2000, ch. 107, § 2; July 1.
Cross References to Related Sections:
Authentication, see 60-465.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Kansas' New Foreign Judgments Act," Robert Fowks, 40 J.B.A.K. 187, 188, 189 (1971).
"1999 Legislative Wrap Up," Ron Smith, 68 J.K.B.A. No. 7, 16 (1999).
Attorney General's Opinions:
Federal violence against women act; enforcement of orders issued by courts in other states. 95-107.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Statutes of limitation in K.S.A. 60-511 and 60-516 govern filings under uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act. Alexander Construction Co. v. Weaver, 3 Kan. App. 2d 298, 299, 300, 302, 594 P.2d 248.
2. Judgment by foreign court which had jurisdiction entitled to full faith and credit. Brockman Equipment Leasing, Inc. v. Zollar, 3 Kan. App. 2d 477, 484, 596 P.2d 827.
3. A civil litigant may appear through attorney or pro se; this also applies to attorneys from other states. Hickman v. Frerking, 4 Kan. App. 2d 590, 592, 609 P.2d 682.
4. Foreign judgment registered in Missouri is not a foreign judgment that can be subsequently registered in Kansas. Tanner v. Hancock, 5 Kan. App. 2d 558, 562, 619 P.2d 1177.
5. Judgment by foreign court which had jurisdiction entitled to full faith and credit when such court finds judgment is new and not revival of prior judgment. Johnson Brothers Wholesale Liquor Co. v. Clemmons, 233 Kan. 405, 406, 661 P.2d 1242 (1983).
6. Registration of enforceable foreign judgment creates new and additional five years to execute. Warner v. Warner, 9 Kan. App. 2d 6, 8, 668 P.2d 193 (1983).
7. Trial court should have applied Missouri law in setting aside mortgage foreclosure sale and evaluating relief. Resolution Trust Corp. v. Atchity, 259 Kan. 584, 589, 913 P.2d 162 (1996).
8. Florida temporary injunction not entitled to full faith and credit under the foreign judgment act or full faith and credit clause of the constitution; district court had no subject matter jurisdiction to enter various orders. Padron v. Lopez, 289 Kan. 1089, 220 P.3d 345 (2009).