Sec. 50a-61. Determination of United States dollar amount for limited purpose. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 50a-61. Determination of United States dollar amount for limited purpose. (a) For a foreign-money judgment, the United States dollar amount needed for the limited purpose of (1) the value of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process, (2) the amount at issue for assessing costs, or (3) the amount involved for a required surety bond shall be determined as follows: The party seeking the writ, costs or bond shall compute the dollar amount of the foreign money claimed from a bank-offered spot rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the banking day next preceding the filing of a request for the issuance of process or for the determination of costs, or an application requiring a bond.

      (b) The party seeking the process or the award of costs, or filing an application for a bond, shall file with the request or application, an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used, how obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Court officials shall incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting during the following two months as if the judgment was in the amount of United States dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate.

      (c) A filed affidavit or certificate may be renewed for another two months with a current exchange rate at any time as long as the judgment remains unsatisfied.

      (d) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect the money of the judgment for payment purposes.

      (P.A. 89-134, S. 11; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 95, 130; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 73, 121.)

      History: May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical change, effective July 1, 1994; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 24, 1998.