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PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE 1063-1822.60›TITLE 11. MONEY JUDGMENTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS 1710.10-1741›CHAPTER 1. Sister State Money Judgments 1710.10-1710.65
§ 1710.10
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
As used in this chapter:
(a) “Judgment creditor” means the person or persons who can bring an action to enforce a sister state judgment.
(b) “Judgment debtor” means the person or persons against whom an action to enforce a sister state judgment can be brought.
(c) “Sister state judgment” means that part of any judgment, decree, or order of a court of a state of the United States, other than California, which requires the payment of money, but does not include a support order as defined in Section 155 of the Family Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 163, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 161 of Ch. 163.)
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