{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-1718","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 1718","heading":"","body":"(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment.\n(b) 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.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE [1063. - 1822.60.]","TITLE 11. MONEY JUDGMENTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS [1710.10. - 1741.]","CHAPTER 2. Foreign-Country Money Judgments [1713. - 1725.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"dfa1283c0778bd604f6969c571126c5435289eb1dee5505c3b4b5784cb26d313","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-1717","next":"us-ca/ccp-1719"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}