This article may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Act.”
§ 5300.Citation.
Article 53. Recognition of Foreign Country Money Judgments · Last amended 2021 · Last verified July 21, 2026
In one sentenceCPLR 5300 gives Article 53 its short title, the “Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Act,” a citation clause that a 2021 renumbering moved here from its former home at section 5309.
Full Text of CPLR 5300
Plain-English Summary
Article 53 adopts New York's version of the Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, the model law that tells state courts when to treat a foreign country's money judgment as binding. This section gives the article its short title.
Until 2021, that citation clause sat at the end of the article, numbered 5309. A 2021 amendment moved it to the front and renumbered it 5300, so a reader opening Article 53 meets the short title first, the way most articles are organized.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Article 53 of the CPLR called?
The “Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Act,” under the short title CPLR 5300 provides.
Did the citation section always sit at CPLR 5300?
No. Until a 2021 amendment it was numbered 5309, at the end of the article; the legislature moved it to the front and renumbered it 5300.
Is this the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act other states have adopted?
Yes. Article 53 is New York's enactment of that uniform act, and CPLR 5308 directs courts to construe it to promote uniformity with other adopting states.
Why does New York give this article its own short-title section?
So courts and litigants can cite the whole scheme by name rather than section by section.
Does the short title change how courts interpret the article?
No. It's a citation convenience rather than a substantive rule, though it works alongside CPLR 5308's directive to construe the act uniformly.
Amendment History
Add, L 1970, ch 981, § 1, eff Sept 1, 1970; renumbered from NY CLS CPLR § 5309 by L 2021, ch 127, § 9, effective June 11, 2021.
Source & verification. Provision text, History, and Advisory
Committee Notes are reproduced verbatim from the Consolidated Laws of New York.
Last verified July 21, 2026.
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