MS SB2378

Enacts the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (sections 11-7-401 through 11-7-409) to establish standards for recognizing and enforcing judgments from foreign states and territories.

Enacts the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (sections 11-7-501 through 11-7-512) to establish standards for recognizing and enforcing judgments from foreign countries outside U.S. jurisdiction.

Allows Mississippi courts to recognize foreign judgments that grant or deny recovery of money, excluding judgments for taxes, fines, penalties, and domestic relations matters.

Establishes grounds for refusing recognition including lack of due process, lack of personal or subject matter jurisdiction, inadequate notice, fraud, repugnance to public policy, and conflicts with other final judgments.

Sets a 15-year statute of limitations for actions to recognize foreign-country judgments, effective July 1, 2012.