{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1c-1702","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1702","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1)\t\"Foreign Judgment\" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or a court of any other state which is entitled to full faith and credit in this State, except a \"child support order,\" as defined in G.S. 52C-1-101 (The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act), a \"custody decree,\" as defined in G.S. 50A-102 (The Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act), or a domestic violence protective order as provided in G.S. 50B-4(d).\n(2)\t\"Judgment Debtor\" means the party against whom a foreign judgment has been rendered.\n(3)\t\"Judgment Creditor\" means the party in whose favor a foreign judgment has been rendered. (1989, c. 747, s. 1; 1999-23, s. 3; 1999-223, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 1C. Enforcement of Judgments.","Article 17. Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1C/GS_1C-1702.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:27Z","sha256":"d0fe3d30c49685378c54cc99c9332b4a2b143f84e11490b589defa51ac9456e2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1c-1701","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1c-1703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}