N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 5303: Recognition enforcement, and proceedings

§ 5303. Recognition enforcement, and proceedings. (a) Except as is

otherwise provided in section fifty-three hundred four of this article

or any controlling law of the United States, a court of this state shall

recognize a foreign country judgment to which this article applies as

conclusive between the parties to the extent that it grants or denies

recovery of a sum of money.

(b) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought as an

original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an

action on the judgment or a motion for summary judgment in lieu of

complaint seeking recognition of the foreign country judgment.

(c) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought in a

pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim,

cross-claim or affirmative defense.

(d) An action to recognize a foreign country judgment must be

commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign

country judgment is effective in the foreign country or twenty years

from the date that the foreign country judgment became effective in the

foreign country.