{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1c-1852","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1852","heading":"Applicability; saving clause.","body":"(a)\tExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, this Article applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:\n(1)\tGrants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and\n(2)\tUnder the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.\n(b)\tThis Article does not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is:\n(1)\tA judgment for taxes;\n(2)\tA fine or other penalty; or\n(3)\tA judgment for alimony, support, or maintenance in matrimonial or family matters.\n(c)\tA party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that this Article applies to the foreign-country judgment.\n(d)\tThis Article does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment to which this Article does not apply. (2009-325, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 1C. Enforcement of Judgments.","Article 20. North Carolina Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1C/GS_1C-1852.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:27Z","sha256":"0d0f2e37003b35c85338ce584b6ed677bbcf387db7629bec19a8a9286dbc6833","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1c-1851","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1c-1853"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}