§ 5408.Citation.

Article 54. Enforcement of Judgments Entitled to Full Faith and Credit Summary of Article · Last amended 1970 · Last verified July 21, 2026

In one sentenceCPLR 5408 gives Article 54 its official short title, the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

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This article may be cited as the “Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.”

Plain-English Summary

CPLR 5408 is a naming provision: Article 54, covering the filing, notice, stay, and fee rules for enforcing sister-state and federal judgments in New York, may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. That title ties the article to the broader family of state statutes built on the same model act, signaling that its filing procedure, definitions, and uniformity clause were drawn from a shared template rather than invented from scratch for New York alone.

Knowing the short title matters mostly for research and cross-reference. Cases, secondary sources, and other states' statutes discussing the underlying model act will often refer to it by this name rather than by its CPLR section numbers, so recognizing the title as pointing to Article 54 makes it easier to connect New York's version of the law to how the same act operates elsewhere.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Article 54 of the CPLR officially called?

CPLR 5408 states that Article 54 may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

Is New York's foreign judgment law based on a model act other states use too?

Yes. Article 54 enacts the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, a model law that other states have also adopted, and CPLR 5408 gives New York's version that same short title.

Is 'Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act' a formal part of the CPLR text?

Yes. CPLR 5408 itself supplies that short title as the official way to cite Article 54, alongside referring to it by its CPLR section numbers.

Do all states that adopted the model act use the same short title?

CPLR 5408 only fixes New York's short title. States that adopted the same model act have generally used a similar name, but each state's own statute controls its own citation.

Why would a short title like CPLR 5408 matter in practice?

It helps connect New York case law and statutes to secondary sources and other states' law discussing the same model act, since those sources often reference the act by its short title rather than by CPLR section numbers.

Amendment History

Add, L 1970, ch 982, § 1, eff Sept 1, 1970.

Source & verification. Provision text, History, and Advisory Committee Notes are reproduced verbatim from the Consolidated Laws of New York. Last verified July 21, 2026. · Official source

Also known as: Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act New Yorkwhat is the UEFJAshort title Article 54 CPLRcitation for New York foreign judgment enforcement act