Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.066: ACTION ON FOREIGN JUDGMENT.
Where this section sits in the code
- CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
- TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL
- SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS
- CHAPTER 16. LIMITATIONS
- SUBCHAPTER D. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
(a) An action on a foreign judgment is barred in this state if the action is barred under the laws of the jurisdiction where rendered.
(b) An action against a person who has resided in this state for 10 years prior to the action may not be brought on a foreign judgment rendered more than 10 years before the commencement of the action in this state.
(c) In this section "foreign judgment" means a judgment or decree rendered in another state or a foreign country.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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