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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63640</law_id><section_number>8.01-465.23</section_number><catch_line>Enforcement of foreign judgments</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="17.3">Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If an <span class="dictionary">action</span> is brought to enforce a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> expressed in a <span class="dictionary">foreign money</span> and the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is enforceable in the Commonwealth, the enforcing <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> must be entered as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment" href="/8.01-465.20/">8.01-465.20</a>, whether or not the foreign <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United <span class="dictionary">States</span> dollars.
		A foreign <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> may be filed in accordance with Chapter 17.1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Application of chapter" href="/8.01-465.1/">8.01-465.1</a> et seq.) or Chapter 17.2 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/8.01-465.13_1/">8.01-465.13:1</a> et seq.).
		A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, on proof thereof, must be credited against the amount of <span class="dictionary">foreign money</span> specified in the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, notwithstanding the entry of <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> in the Commonwealth.
		A <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> entered on a <span class="dictionary">foreign-money claim</span> only in United <span class="dictionary">States</span> dollars in another <span class="dictionary">state</span> shall be enforced in United <span class="dictionary">States</span> dollars only.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 24; 2014, c. 462.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
