{"data":{"id":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-8909","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"14 M.R.S. §8909","heading":"Relationship to Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act","body":"1.  Application of chapter 759 to this Act.  This Act supplements the Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act and that Act, other than section 8806, applies to a registration under this Act.\n2.  Options for recognition of Canadian judgment.  A person may seek recognition of a Canadian judgment described in section 8903 either:\nA.  By registration under this Act; or\nB.  Under section 8806.\n3.  Recognition under both Acts prohibited.  Subject to subsection 4, a person may not seek recognition in this State of the same judgment or part of a judgment described in section 8903, subsection 2 or 3 with regard to the same person under both this Act and the Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act.\n4.  Vacated registration.  If the court grants a motion to vacate a registration solely on a ground under section 8907, subsection 2, paragraph B, the person seeking registration may:\nA.  If the defect in the registration can be cured, file a new registration under this Act; or\nB.  Seek recognition of the judgment under the Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act.","path":["TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL","PART 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 761: UNIFORM REGISTRATION OF CANADIAN MONEY JUDGMENTS ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec8909.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"5620ebd5ec6237233689915e72559c1a8eaa7ddd1cde87f5669af26230583632","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-8908","next":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-8910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}