§ 718.11.Saving Clause The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act does not prevent the recognition under

Chapter 12: Judgment · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026

In one sentenceSection 718.11 makes clear that the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act does not block a court from recognizing a foreign-country judgment under comity or other doctrines when that judgment falls outside the Act's own scope.

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principals of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.

Amendment History

Added by Laws 2009, SB 887, c. 283, §11, eff. 11/1/2009.

Plain-English Summary

This is a saving clause. It keeps the door open for Oklahoma courts to recognize a foreign-country judgment through comity or other common-law doctrines, even when that judgment doesn't fit within the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act's own coverage.

Without this clause, a narrow reading of the Act might suggest it's the only path to recognition, leaving out judgments the Act wasn't written to reach. Section 718.11 forecloses that reading.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this section create a new way to recognize foreign judgments?

No. It preserves the options a court already had — comity and other doctrines — for judgments outside the Act's scope.

What happens to a foreign-country judgment the Act doesn't cover?

A court may still recognize it under comity or another applicable doctrine; the Act's existence doesn't shut that door.

Is this section part of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act?

Yes. It was added along with the rest of the Act in 2009 and works as a backstop at the Act's edges.

Does this section list which judgments fall outside the Act's scope?

No. It only confirms that whatever falls outside the Act's scope can still be recognized on other grounds.

Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature. Last verified August 3, 2026. · Official source

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