The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies to all actions commenced on or after the effective date of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised.
§ 718.12.Effective Date
Chapter 12: Judgment · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 718.12 sets the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act's applicability, limiting it to actions commenced on or after the Act's effective date in which someone raises the recognition of a foreign-country judgment.
Full Text of § 718.12
Amendment History
Added by Laws 2009, SB 887, c. 283, §12, eff. 11/1/2009.
Plain-English Summary
This section marks the line between the old law and the new. The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies only to actions filed on or after its own effective date — November 1, 2009 — where recognition of a foreign-country judgment is at issue.
Actions commenced earlier stay under whatever recognition rules applied before the Act took effect.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Act apply retroactively to older lawsuits?
No. It applies only to actions commenced on or after its effective date.
What if a case was filed before the effective date but recognition comes up later in the case?
The section ties applicability to when the action was commenced, not when the recognition issue is raised, so a pre-effective-date action falls outside the Act.
When did the Act take effect?
Laws 2009 set the Act's effective date at November 1, 2009.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
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