Kansas Statutes 60-3002. Filing and status of foreign judgments
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 60-3002
- Foreign judgment: means any judgment, decree or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state, except that no judgment of any court in this state shall be a foreign judgment in any other court of this state; and
(b) "state" means a state of the United States. See Kansas Statutes 60-3001
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of congress, the statutes of this state or certified in accordance with the statutes of the state in which the judgment was rendered, may be filed in the office of the clerk of any district court of this state. Such copy must be filed by an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Kansas. The clerk of the district court shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment filed as provided by this section has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.