8.01-465.10 - Judgment not conclusive; not to be recognized. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-465.10. Judgment not conclusive; not to be recognized.

A. A foreign country money judgment is not conclusive if:

1. The judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartialtribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process oflaw;

2. The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or

3. The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.

B. A foreign country money judgment need not be recognized if:

1. The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receivenotice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend;

2. The judgment was obtained by fraud;

3. The claim for relief on which the judgment is based is repugnant to thepublic policy of this Commonwealth;

4. The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;

5. The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement betweenthe parties under which the dispute in question was to be settled otherwisethan by proceedings in that court; or

6. In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreigncourt was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.

(1990, c. 276.)