626A.2 - FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS. - Iowa Statutes

626A.2 FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS. 1. A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an Act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of a county of this state which would have venue if the original action was being commenced in this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of the district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner. 2. A proceeding to enforce a child support order is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 1738B.          Section History: Early Form [C81, § 626A.2]          Section History: Recent Form 96 Acts, ch 1141, § 32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §236