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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 462<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":377405,"section_number":"8.01-465.13:5","catch_line":"Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-465.13_5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1504995,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377406,"identifier":"8.01-465.13:6","token":"8.01\/17.2\/8.01-465.13_6","url":"\/8.01-465.13_6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-465.13_6\/","token":"8.01\/17.2\/8.01-465.13_6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-465.13:6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the court<\/span> in a proceeding under \u00a7 8.01-465.13:5<\/a> finds that the foreign-country judgment<\/span> is entitled to recognition under this chapter then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment<\/span> grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment<\/span> is:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in the Commonwealth would be conclusive; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT (\u00a7 8.01-465.13:6)\n\nIf the court in a proceeding under \u00a7 8.01-465.13:5 finds that the\nforeign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this chapter then, to\nthe extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum\nof money, the foreign-country judgment is:\n\n1. Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister\nstate entitled to full faith and credit in the Commonwealth would be conclusive;\nand\n\n2. Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered\nin the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, c. 462.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}