SB 296
AN ACT relating to foreign money judgments.
In Plain Language
This bill sets up rules for recognizing money judgments from Canadian courts and other foreign countries in Kentucky courts. It defines what documents and legal notices are needed to enforce these judgments, and puts time limits on how old a judgment can be before it's no longer enforceable. The law takes effect on January 1, 2027.
Official summary
Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 426A to define terms; establish requirements for recognition of a Canadian money judgment and a foreign-country money judgment in this state, including supporting documents and service of process; establish a period of limitations for recognition of a foreign-country judgment; establish a relationship between a Canadian money judgment and a foreign-country money judgment; provide for uniformity of interpretation; establish that Sections 1 to 11 of the Act may be cited as the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act; establish that Sections 12 to 23 of the Act may be cited as the Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
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Latest action
to Committee on Committees (S)
Feb 27, 2026
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