The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies to
all actions commenced on or after August 28, 2021, in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised.
§ 25-1348.Act; applicability.
Article 13: Judgments · Last amended 2021 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section limits the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act to actions commenced on or after August 28, 2021, in which the recognition of a foreign-country judgment is at issue.
Full Text of § 25-1348
Source
Laws 2021, LB501, § 12.
Plain-English Summary
Section 25-1348 fixes the Act’s starting line. It applies to all actions commenced on or after August 28, 2021, in which the issue of recognizing a foreign-country judgment comes up. Actions commenced before that date fall outside the Act’s reach, even if they involve a request to recognize a foreign money judgment.
An applicability clause like this matters most to anyone researching a recognition dispute that predates the effective date — for those cases, the prior legal framework, whatever it was, still governs rather than this statute. For anything filed on or after August 28, 2021, the Act’s procedures, standards, and effects described throughout this article apply in full.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Recognition Act apply to a lawsuit filed before August 28, 2021?
No. Section 25-1348 limits the Act to actions commenced on or after that date.
What if the foreign-country judgment itself was entered before August 28, 2021, but I’m filing my Nebraska action now?
The Act looks to when the Nebraska action is commenced, not the date of the underlying foreign judgment, so an action commenced on or after August 28, 2021 falls within the Act.
Does this date apply to the Canadian judgment registration statute too?
The Canadian judgment registration statute has its own applicability provision in section 25-1359, tied to when the underlying Canadian proceeding was commenced rather than the Nebraska action’s filing date.
What governs recognition actions commenced before the effective date?
Section 25-1348 doesn’t answer that question directly; it only fixes the date on which this Act starts applying going forward.
Why do statutes include an applicability date like this one?
It gives courts, lawyers, and litigants a clear line for knowing which cases the new procedure governs, avoiding disputes about whether the Act reaches actions already underway when it was enacted.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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