A. If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in Section 8 of this act, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars.
§ 729.11.Enforcement of Foreign Judgment
Chapter 12: Judgment · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 729.11 requires a judgment enforcing another jurisdiction's foreign-money judgment to be entered under Section 729.8's rules regardless of any dollar-payment option in the original judgment, allows the foreign judgment to be filed under any existing recognition procedure, and credits any satisfaction already made against it.
Full Text of § 729.11
B. A foreign judgment may be filed in accordance with any rule or statute of this state providing a procedure for its recognition and enforcement.
C. A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof thereof, must be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in this state.
D. A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in another state must be enforced in this state in United States dollars only.
Amendment History
Added by Laws 1994, SB 634, c. 165, § 11, eff. 1/1/1995.
Plain-English Summary
When an Oklahoma court enforces another jurisdiction's judgment that's expressed in foreign money, the Oklahoma enforcing judgment must follow Section 729.8's rules — stated in the foreign money with a dollar-payment option — even if the original judgment already gave the debtor an option to pay in dollars.
The foreign judgment can be filed the way any statute or rule in Oklahoma allows for recognizing and enforcing outside judgments, including the registration procedure in Sections 719 through 726. Any satisfaction or partial payment already made on the foreign judgment gets credited against the foreign-money amount, and if the other jurisdiction's judgment was entered only in dollars, Oklahoma enforces it only in dollars too.
Frequently Asked Questions
If another state already entered judgment in dollars on a foreign-money claim, does Oklahoma convert it back to foreign money?
No. A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in another state must be enforced in Oklahoma in dollars only.
Can I file a foreign-money judgment from another jurisdiction using Oklahoma's usual judgment-registration procedure?
Yes. It may be filed under any rule or statute of this state providing a procedure for its recognition and enforcement.
What if the debtor already paid part of the foreign judgment before it's enforced here?
Any satisfaction or partial payment, once proven, gets credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment.
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
Also known as: enforcing foreign currency judgment from another statedomesticating foreign money judgment oklahoma12 os 729.11