{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-36a.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 36A.006","heading":"PROCEDURE FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT.","body":"(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition may 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.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 390 (S.B. 944), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE C. JUDGMENTS","CHAPTER 36A. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.36A.htm#36A.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"05663410f5157eaf663c449e701e3d575bfccc1d531a53d2b42063c023342cf0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-36a.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-36a.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}