Amended (as amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 243, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2017, Ch. 168, Sec. 3. (AB 905) Effective January 1, 2018.
As used in this chapter:
(a)“Foreign country” means a government other than any of the following:
(1)The United States.
(2)A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States.
(3)A federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, pueblo, band, or Alaska Native village.
(4)Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government’s courts is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.
(b)“Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.
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