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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 24 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 462<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67025,"section_number":"8.01-465.1","catch_line":"Application of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-465.1\/"},{"id":73008,"section_number":"8.01-465.13:1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-465.13_1\/"},{"id":76398,"section_number":"8.01-465.20","catch_line":"Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-465.20\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278051,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63640,"identifier":"8.01-465.23","token":"8.01\/17.3\/8.01-465.23","url":"\/8.01-465.23\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-465.23\/","token":"8.01\/17.3\/8.01-465.23","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of foreign judgments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-465.23","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If an action<\/span> is brought to enforce a judgment<\/span> of another jurisdiction<\/span> expressed in a foreign money<\/span> and the judgment<\/span> is enforceable in the Commonwealth, the enforcing judgment<\/span> must be entered as provided in \u00a7 8.01-465.20<\/a>, whether or not the foreign judgment<\/span> confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States<\/span> dollars.\n\t\tA foreign judgment<\/span> may be filed in accordance with Chapter 17.1 (\u00a7 8.01-465.1<\/a> et seq.) or Chapter 17.2 (\u00a7 8.01-465.13:1<\/a> et seq.).\n\t\tA satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment<\/span>, on proof thereof, must be credited against the amount of foreign money<\/span> specified in the judgment<\/span>, notwithstanding the entry of judgment<\/span> in the Commonwealth.\n\t\tA judgment<\/span> entered on a foreign-money claim<\/span> only in United States<\/span> dollars in another state<\/span> shall be enforced in United States<\/span> dollars only.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (\u00a7 8.01-465.23)\n\nIf an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed\nin a foreign money and the judgment is enforceable in the Commonwealth, the\nenforcing judgment must be entered as provided in \u00a7 8.01-465.20, whether or not\nthe foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United\nStates dollars.\n\t\tA foreign judgment may be filed in accordance with Chapter 17.1 (\u00a7 8.01-465.1\net seq.) or Chapter 17.2 (\u00a7 8.01-465.13:1 et seq.).\n\t\tA satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof\nthereof, must be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the\njudgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in the Commonwealth.\n\t\tA judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in\nanother state shall be enforced in United States dollars only.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 24; 2014, c. 462.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}