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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.22 — Confession Of Judgment.

548.22 CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT.
A judgment for money due or to become due, or to secure any person against a contingent liability on behalf of the defendant, or for both, may be entered in the district court by confession and without action, upon filing with the court administrator a statement, signed and verified by the defendant, authorizing the entry of judgment for a specified sum. If the judgment be for money due or to become due, the writing shall state concisely the facts out of which the debt arose, and show that the sum confessed is justly due or to become due. If the judgment be for the purpose of securing the plaintiff against a contingent liability, the writing shall state concisely the facts constituting the liability, and show that the sum confessed does not exceed the same. The court administrator shall enter judgment for the amount specified, as in other cases, and shall attach the judgment to the statement, which shall constitute the judgment roll. The judgment shall be final, and, unless special provision be made for a stay, execution may issue immediately.
History:
(9413) RL s 4284; 1981 c 121 s 4; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.23 — Plea Of Confession.

548.23 PLEA OF CONFESSION.
Judgment in the cases mentioned in section 548.22 may also be entered in the district court in the manner therein provided, and with like effect, upon filing with the court administrator a plea of confession signed by an attorney of such court, together with an instrument signed by the debtor authorizing such confession; but such instrument must be distinct from that containing the bond, contract, or other evidence of the demand for which judgment is confessed. Any person filing a plea of confession and an instrument under this section shall pay the same fee as provided for filing a civil action in district court; except that if the amount of the judgment confessed is not greater than the jurisdictional limit of the conciliation court, the fee shall be in the amount of the filing fee for an action in conciliation court.
History:
(9414) RL s 4285; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1993 c 192 s 101
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.24 — Submission Without Action.

548.24 SUBMISSION WITHOUT ACTION.
Parties to a controversy which might be the subject of a civil action may, without action, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and present a submission of it to any court which would have jurisdiction if an action had been brought. It must appear by affidavit that the controversy is real, and that the proceedings are had in good faith to determine the rights of the parties. The court shall hear and determine the case at a general or special term, and order judgment on it as in a civil action. Judgment shall be entered as in other cases, and the case, submission, and the judgment shall constitute the judgment roll. The judgment may be enforced, and shall be subject to appeal, as in other cases.
History:
(9415) RL s 4286; 1981 c 121 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.25 — Vacating Real Estate Judgment; Within What Time.

548.25 VACATING REAL ESTATE JUDGMENT; WITHIN WHAT TIME.
No judgment or decree quieting title to land or determining the title thereto or adverse claims therein heretofore entered or hereafter to be entered shall be adjudged invalid or set aside, unless the action or proceeding to vacate or set aside such judgment or decree shall be commenced, or application for leave to defend be made, within five years from the time of recording a certified copy of such judgment or decree in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands affected by such judgment or decree are situated.
History:
(9284) 1909 c 451 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 130
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.252 — Application Of Law; Enforcement Of Judgments; Reproductive Health.

548.252 APPLICATION OF LAW; ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.
(a) A law of another state that authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a person or entity that does any of the following is contrary to the public policy of this state:
(1) terminates a pregnancy or seeks to terminate a pregnancy;
(2) performs an act to terminate a pregnancy;
(3) knowingly engages in conduct that assists in the termination of a pregnancy; or
(4) attempts or intends to engage in the conduct specified in clause (1), (2), or (3).
(b) A court in this state shall not apply a law described in paragraph (a) to a cause of action. A court in this state shall not enforce or satisfy a civil judgment received through an adjudication under a law described in paragraph (a).
(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a subpoena issued in this state for an action pending in another state or issued in another state for an action pending in that state for the attendance of a witness or the production of records shall not be enforced in this state if the subpoena relates to a potential civil or criminal action against a patient, health care provider, or other person for violating a law of the other state that restricts or limits access to, or the provision of, the termination of a pregnancy.
(d) This section does not apply if the act on which the cause of action, judgment, or subpoena was based would have served as the basis for a valid cause of action in this state or if, at the time the act was performed, the act could have subjected a patient, health care provider, or other person to a civil action or criminal penalties in this state if the act had taken place in this state.
History:
2023 c 31 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.27 — Filing And Status Of Foreign Judgments.

548.27 FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS.
A certified copy of any foreign judgment may be filed in the office of the court administrator of any district court of this state. The court administrator shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of any district court or the supreme court of this state. The time period provided in section 548.09 for the continuation of the lien on real property, the rate of interest accrual provided in section 549.09, the time period provided in section 550.01 for the enforcement of the judgment, and the requirements of sections 508.63 and 508A.63 apply to foreign judgments filed pursuant to this section. For purposes of sections 548.09, 549.09, 550.01, 508.63, and 508A.63, the date of entry of a foreign judgment is the original date of entry in the foreign jurisdiction. Upon the filing of a certified copy of a foreign judgment in the office of the court administrator of district court of a county, it may not be filed in another district court in the state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a district court or the supreme court of this state, and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
History:
1977 c 51 s 2; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 273 s 1; 2005 c 14 s 1; 2006 c 221 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.28 — Notice Of Filing.

548.28 NOTICE OF FILING.
Subdivision 1.
Affidavit.
At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the creditor's lawyer shall make and file with the court administrator an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor.
Subd. 2.
Mailing of notice.
Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the court administrator shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's lawyer, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the court administrator. Failure of the court administrator to mail notice of filing shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed.
Subd. 3.
Suspension of other process.
No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed hereunder shall issue until 20 days after the date the judgment is filed.
History:
1977 c 51 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.29 — Stay.

548.29 STAY.
Subdivision 1.
Stay of enforcement; foreign judgment.
If the judgment debtor shows the district court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered, stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated.
Subd. 2.
Stay of enforcement.
If the judgment debtor at any time shows the district court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any district court or the court of appeals or supreme court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.
History:
1977 c 51 s 4; 1983 c 247 s 189
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.30 — Fees.

548.30 FEES.
Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the court administrator the same fee as provided for filing a civil action in district court, except that if the amount of the judgment is not greater than the jurisdictional limit of the conciliation court, the fee shall be in the amount of the filing fee for an action in conciliation court. Fees for docketing, transcription, or other enforcement proceedings shall be as provided for judgments of any district court of this state.
History:
1977 c 51 s 5; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 273 s 2; 1993 c 192 s 102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.31 — Optional Procedure.

548.31 OPTIONAL PROCEDURE.
The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce a judgment instead of proceeding under sections 548.26 to 548.30 remains unimpaired.
History:
1977 c 51 s 6; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.32 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction.

548.32 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Sections 548.26 to 548.33 shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of sections 548.26 to 548.33 among those states which enact it.
History:
1977 c 51 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.40 — Definitions.

548.40 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of sections 548.40 to 548.53:
(1) "Action" means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim.
(2) "Bank-offered spot rate" means the spot rate of exchange at which a bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate.
(3) "Conversion date" means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with sections 548.40 to 548.53, is:
(i) paid to a claimant in an action or distribution proceeding;
(ii) paid to the official designated by law to enforce a judgment or award on behalf of a claimant; or
(iii) used to recoup, set off, or counterclaim in different moneys in an action or distribution proceeding.
(4) "Distribution proceeding" means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims is asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity, and the distribution of an estate, trust, or other fund.
(5) "Foreign money" means money other than money of the United States of America.
(6) "Foreign-money claim" means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money.
(7) "Money" means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by intergovernmental agreement.
(8) "Money of the claim" means the money determined as proper pursuant to section 548.43.
(9) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, joint venture, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(10) "Rate of exchange" means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by a person obligated to pay or to state a rate of conversion. If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of transactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction giving rise to the foreign-money claim.
(11) "Spot rate" means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next day availability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days.
(12) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
History:
1991 c 156 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.41 — Scope.

548.41 SCOPE.
(a) Sections 548.40 to 548.53 apply only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding.
(b) Sections 548.40 to 548.53 apply to foreign-money issues even if other law under the conflict of laws rules of this state applies to other issues in the action or distribution proceeding.
History:
1991 c 156 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.42 — Variation By Agreement.

548.42 VARIATION BY AGREEMENT.
(a) The effect of sections 548.40 to 548.53 may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or distribution proceeding or the entry of judgment.
(b) Parties to a transaction may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a foreign-money claim and may agree to use different moneys for different aspects of the transaction. Stating the price in a foreign money for one aspect of a transaction does not alone require the use of that money for other aspects of the transaction.
History:
1991 c 156 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.43 — Determining Money Of The Claim.

548.43 DETERMINING MONEY OF THE CLAIM.
(a) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment.
(b) If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money:
(1) regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing;
(2) used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or
(3) in which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant.
History:
1991 c 156 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.44 — Determining Amount Of The Money Of Certain Contract Claims.

548.44 DETERMINING AMOUNT OF THE MONEY OF CERTAIN CONTRACT CLAIMS.
(a) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date.
(b) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is to be measured by a different money at the rate of exchange prevailing on a date before default, that rate of exchange applies only to payments made within a reasonable time after default, not exceeding 30 days. Thereafter, conversion is made at the bank-offered spot rate on the conversion date.
(c) A monetary claim is neither usurious nor unconscionable because the agreement on which it is based provides that the amount of the debtor's obligation to be paid in the debtor's money, when received by the creditor, must equal a specified amount of the foreign money of the country of the creditor. If, because of unexcused delay in payment of a judgment or award, the amount received by the creditor does not equal the amount of the foreign money specified in the agreement, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award accordingly.
History:
1991 c 156 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.45 — Asserting And Defending Foreign-money Claim.

548.45 ASSERTING AND DEFENDING FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIM.
(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.
(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.
(c) A person may assert a defense, setoff, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.
(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
History:
1991 c 156 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.46 — Judgments And Awards On Foreign-money Claims; Times Of Money Conversion; Form Of Judgment.

548.46 JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS ON FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIMS; TIMES OF MONEY CONVERSION; FORM OF JUDGMENT.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim.
(b) A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.
(c) Assessed costs must be entered in United States dollars.
(d) A judgment or award made in an action or distribution proceeding on both (i) a defense, setoff, recoupment, or counterclaim and (ii) the adverse party's claim, must be netted by converting the money of the smaller into the money of the larger, and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, and specify the rates of exchange used.
(e) A judgment substantially in the following form complies with paragraph (a):
IT IS ADJUDGED AND ORDERED, that defendant (insert name) pay to plaintiff (insert name) the sum of (insert amount in the foreign money) plus interest on that sum at the rate of (insert rate--see section 548.48) percent a year or the number of United States dollars which will purchase the (insert name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of (insert amount) United States dollars.
(f) If a contract claim is of the type covered by section 548.44, paragraph (a) or (b), the judgment or award must be entered for the amount of money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.
(g) On a foreign-money claim, the judgment must be docketed in United States dollars, and has the same effect as a lien, as other judgments. It may be discharged by payment.
History:
1991 c 156 s 7; 2005 c 14 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.47 — Conversions Of Foreign Money In Distribution Proceeding.

548.47 CONVERSIONS OF FOREIGN MONEY IN DISTRIBUTION PROCEEDING.
The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated governs all exchanges of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding shall assert its claim in the named foreign money and show the amount of United States dollars resulting from a conversion as of the date the proceeding was initiated.
History:
1991 c 156 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.48 — Prejudgment And Judgment Interest.

548.48 PREJUDGMENT AND JUDGMENT INTEREST.
(a) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment or preaward interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in subsection (b), are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict-of-laws rules of this state.
(b) The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of prejudgment or preaward interest otherwise payable in a judgment or award in foreign money to the extent required by the law of this state governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or offer of judgment, or conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense.
(c) A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the rate applicable to judgments of this state.
History:
1991 c 156 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.49 — Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments.

548.49 ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS.
(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 548.46, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars.
(b) A foreign judgment may be docketed 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.
History:
1991 c 156 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.50 — Determining United States Dollar Value Of Foreign-money Claims For Limited Purposes.

548.50 DETERMINING UNITED STATES DOLLAR VALUE OF FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIMS FOR LIMITED PURPOSES.
(a) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose of payment.
(b) For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in United States dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, or other legal process, the amount of United States dollars at issue for assessing costs, or the amount of United States dollars involved for a surety bond or other court-required undertaking, must be ascertained as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d).
(c) A party seeking process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under paragraph (b) shall compute in United States dollars the amount of the foreign money claimed from a bank-offered spot rate prevailing at or near the close of business on the banking day next preceding the filing of a request or application for the issuance of process or for the determination of costs, or an application for a bond or other court-required undertaking.
(d) A party seeking the process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under paragraph (b) shall file with each request or application an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used and how it was obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Affected court officials incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting as if the judgment were in the amount of United States dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate.
History:
1991 c 156 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.51 — Effect Of Currency Revalorization.

548.51 EFFECT OF CURRENCY REVALORIZATION.
(a) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country establishes for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money.
(b) If substitution under paragraph (a) occurs after a judgment or award is entered on a foreign-money claim, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award by a like conversion of the former money.
History:
1991 c 156 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.52 — Supplementary General Principles Of Law.

548.52 SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW.
Unless displaced by particular provisions of sections 548.40 to 548.53, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes supplement the provisions of sections 548.40 to 548.53.
History:
1991 c 156 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.55 — Definitions.

548.55 DEFINITIONS.
In sections 548.54 to 548.63:
(1) "foreign country" means a government other than:
(i) the United States;
(ii) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or
(iii) any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government's courts is initially subject to determination under the full faith and credit clause of the United States Constitution; and
(2) "foreign-country judgment" means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.
History:
2010 c 263 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.56 — Applicability.

548.56 APPLICABILITY.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), sections 548.54 to 548.63 apply to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:
(1) grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and
(2) under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.
(b) Sections 548.54 to 548.63 do not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is:
(1) a judgment for taxes;
(2) a fine or other penalty; or
(3) a judgment for divorce, support, or maintenance, or other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations.
(c) A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that sections 548.54 to 548.63 apply to the foreign-country judgment.
History:
2010 c 263 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.57 — Standards For Recognition Of Foreign-country Judgment.

548.57 STANDARDS FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which sections 548.54 to 548.63 apply.
(b) A court of this state may not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:
(1) the judgment was rendered under a judicial system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;
(2) the foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or
(3) the foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.
(c) A court of this state need not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:
(1) the defendant in the proceeding in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceeding in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend;
(2) the judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived the losing party of an adequate opportunity to present its case;
(3) the judgment or the cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state or of the United States;
(4) the judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;
(5) the proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be determined otherwise than by proceedings in that foreign court;
(6) in the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action;
(7) the judgment was rendered in circumstances that raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to the judgment; or
(8) the specific proceeding in the foreign court leading to the judgment was not compatible with the requirements of due process of law.
(d) A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for nonrecognition stated in paragraph (b) or (c) exists.
History:
2010 c 263 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.58 — Personal Jurisdiction.

548.58 PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
(a) A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:
(1) the defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country;
(2) the defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;
(3) the defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;
(4) the defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country;
(5) the defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country; or
(6) the defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action arising out of that operation.
(b) The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in paragraph (a) is not exclusive. The courts of this state may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in paragraph (a) as sufficient to support a foreign-country judgment.
History:
2010 c 263 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.59 — Procedure For Recognition Of Foreign-country Judgment.

548.59 PROCEDURE FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT.
(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment.
(b) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.
History:
2010 c 263 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.60 — Effect Of Recognition Of Foreign-country Judgment.

548.60 EFFECT OF RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT.
If the court in a proceeding under section 548.59 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under sections 548.54 to 548.63, then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is:
(1) conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in this state would be conclusive; and
(2) enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in this state.
History:
2010 c 263 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.61 — Stay Of Proceedings Pending Appeal Of Foreign-country Judgment.

548.61 STAY OF PROCEEDINGS PENDING APPEAL OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT.
If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.
History:
2010 c 263 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.62 — Statute Of Limitations.

548.62 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country.
History:
2010 c 263 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.63 — Saving Clause.

548.63 SAVING CLAUSE.
Sections 548.54 to 548.63 do not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of sections 548.54 to 548.63.
History:
2010 c 263 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.65 — Definitions.

548.65 DEFINITIONS.
In sections 548.64 to 548.74:
(1) "Canada" means the sovereign nation of Canada and its provinces and territories. "Canadian" has a corresponding meaning.
(2) "Canadian judgment" means a judgment of a court of Canada, other than a judgment that recognizes the judgment of another foreign country.
History:
2022 c 81 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.66 — Applicability.

548.66 APPLICABILITY.
(a) Sections 548.64 to 548.74 apply to a Canadian judgment to the extent the judgment is within the scope of sections 548.54 to 548.63, if recognition of the judgment is sought to enforce the judgment.
(b) A Canadian judgment that grants both recovery of a sum of money and other relief may be registered under sections 548.64 to 548.74, but only to the extent of the grant of recovery of a sum of money.
(c) A Canadian judgment regarding subject matter both within and not within the scope of sections 548.64 to 548.74 may be registered under sections 548.64 to 548.74, but only to the extent the judgment is with regard to subject matter within the scope of sections 548.64 to 548.74.
History:
2022 c 81 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.68 — Effect Of Registration.

548.68 EFFECT OF REGISTRATION.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a Canadian judgment registered under section 548.67 has the same effect provided in section 548.60 for a judgment a court determines to be entitled to recognition.
(b) A Canadian judgment registered under section 548.67 may not be enforced by sale or other disposition of property, or by seizure of property or garnishment, until 31 days after notice under section 548.69 of registration is served. The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time. This paragraph does not preclude use of relief available under law of this state other than sections 548.64 to 548.74 to prevent dissipation, disposition, or removal of property.
History:
2022 c 81 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.69 — Notice Of Registration.

548.69 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
(a) A person that registers a Canadian judgment under section 548.67 shall cause notice of registration to be served on the person against whom the judgment has been registered.
(b) Notice under this section must be served in the same manner that a summons and complaint must be served in an action seeking recognition under section 548.59 of a foreign-country money judgment.
(c) Notice under this section must include:
(1) the date of registration and court in which the judgment was registered;
(2) the docket number assigned to the registration;
(3) the name and address of:
(i) the person registering the judgment; and
(ii) the person's attorney, if any;
(4) a copy of the registration, including the documents required under section 548.67, paragraph (b); and
(5) a statement that:
(i) the person against whom the judgment has been registered, not later than 30 days after the date of service of notice, may petition the court to vacate the registration; and
(ii) the court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time.
(d) Proof of service of notice under this section must be filed with the court administrator.
History:
2022 c 81 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.70 — Petition To Vacate Registration.

548.70 PETITION TO VACATE REGISTRATION.
(a) Not later than 30 days after notice under section 548.69 is served, the person against whom the judgment was registered may petition the court to vacate the registration. The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time for filing the petition.
(b) A petition under this section may assert only:
(1) a ground that could be asserted to deny recognition of the judgment under sections 548.54 to 548.63; or
(2) a failure to comply with a requirement of sections 548.64 to 548.74 for registration of the judgment.
(c) A petition filed under this section does not itself stay enforcement of the registered judgment.
(d) If the court grants a petition under this section, the registration is vacated, and any act under the registration to enforce the registered judgment is void.
(e) If the court grants a petition under this section on a ground under paragraph (b), clause (1), the court also shall render a judgment denying recognition of the Canadian judgment. A judgment rendered under this subsection has the same effect as a judgment denying recognition to a judgment on the same ground under sections 548.54 to 548.63.
History:
2022 c 81 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.71 — Stay Of Enforcement Of Judgment Pending Determination Of Petition.

548.71 STAY OF ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT PENDING DETERMINATION OF PETITION.
A person that files a petition under section 548.70, paragraph (a), to vacate registration of a Canadian judgment may request the court to stay enforcement of the judgment pending determination of the petition. The court shall grant the stay if the person establishes a likelihood of success on the merits with regard to a ground listed in section 548.70, paragraph (b), for vacating a registration. The court may require the person to provide security in an amount determined by the court as a condition of granting the stay.
History:
2022 c 81 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.72 — Relationship To Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act.

548.72 RELATIONSHIP TO UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT.
(a) Sections 548.64 to 548.74 supplement the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, and sections 548.54 to 548.63, other than section 548.59, apply to a registration under sections 548.64 to 548.74.
(b) A person may seek recognition of a Canadian judgment described in section 548.66 either:
(1) by registration under sections 548.64 to 548.74; or
(2) under section 548.59.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d), a person may not seek recognition in this state of the same judgment or part of a judgment described in 548.66, paragraph (b) or (c), with regard to the same person under both sections 548.59 and 548.64 to 548.74.
(d) If the court grants a petition to vacate a registration solely on a ground under section 548.70, paragraph (b), clause (2), the person seeking registration may:
(1) if the defect in the registration can be cured, file a new registration under sections 548.64 to 548.74; or
(2) seek recognition of the judgment under section 548.59.
History:
2022 c 81 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.73 — Uniformity Of Application And Interpretation.

548.73 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
History:
2022 c 81 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 548 — Judgments › Section 548.74 — Transitional Provision.

548.74 TRANSITIONAL PROVISION.
Sections 548.64 to 548.74 apply to the registration of a Canadian judgment entered in a proceeding that is commenced in Canada on or after August 1, 2022.
History:
2022 c 81 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 549 — Costs, Disbursements › Section 549.01 — Agreement As To Fees Of Attorney.

549.01 AGREEMENT AS TO FEES OF ATTORNEY.
A party shall have an unrestricted right to agree with an attorney as to compensation for services, and the measure and mode thereof; but certain sums may be allowed to the prevailing party for expenses in an action, which are termed costs.
History:
(9470) RL s 4337; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 549 — Costs, Disbursements › Section 549.02 — Costs.

549.02 COSTS.
Subdivision 1.
District court.
In actions commenced in the district court, costs shall be allowed as follows:
To plaintiff: (1) Upon a judgment in the plaintiff's favor of $100 or more in an action for the recovery of money only, $200. (2) In all other actions, including an action by a public employee for wrongfully denied or withheld employment benefits or rights, except as otherwise specially provided, $200.
To defendant: Upon discontinuance or dismissal or when judgment is rendered in the defendant's favor on the merits, $200.
To the prevailing party: $5.50 for the cost of filing a satisfaction of the judgment.
This section does not apply to actions removed to district court from conciliation court.
Subd. 2.
On appeal.
Upon a judgment on the merits on appeal to the court of appeals or supreme court, additional costs in the amount of $300 shall be allowed to the prevailing party.
Subd. 3.
Limitation.
Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, where the state agency is named or intervenes as a party to enforce the agency's rights under section 256B.056, the agency shall not be liable for costs to any prevailing defendant.
History:
(9471) RL s 4338; 1974 c 413 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 484 s 3; 1992 c 591 s 20; 1993 c 192 s 103; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 78
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 549 — Costs, Disbursements › Section 549.03 — Actions For Services; Double Costs.

549.03 ACTIONS FOR SERVICES; DOUBLE COSTS.
When any person who employed another to perform any labor or service neglects or refuses to pay the agreed price, or the reasonable value if there is no agreement, for 30 days after it is due and payment is demanded, and the payment is recovered by action, there shall be allowed to the plaintiff, and included in the judgment, all of the disbursements allowed by law and double the costs.
History:
(9472) RL s 4339; 1907 c 200 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 77; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 549 — Costs, Disbursements › Section 549.04 — Disbursements; Taxation And Allowance.

549.04 DISBURSEMENTS; TAXATION AND ALLOWANCE.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
In every action in a district court, the prevailing party, including any public employee who prevails in an action for wrongfully denied or withheld employment benefits or rights, shall be allowed reasonable disbursements paid or incurred, including fees and mileage paid for service of process by the sheriff or by a private person.
Subd. 2.
Limitation.
Notwithstanding subdivision 1, where the state agency is named or intervenes as a party to enforce the agency's rights under section 256B.056, the agency shall not be liable for disbursements to any prevailing defendant.
History:
(9473) RL s 4340; 1943 c 508 s 1; 1974 c 413 s 2; 1983 c 93 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 79
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 549 — Costs, Disbursements › Section 549.05 — Costs In Certain Cases Commenced In District Court Of Fourth Judicial District Cognizable By Municipal Court.

549.05 COSTS IN CERTAIN CASES COMMENCED IN DISTRICT COURT OF FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COGNIZABLE BY MUNICIPAL COURT.
In any action commenced in the district court of the Fourth Judicial District, no costs or disbursements shall be allowed the plaintiff where there is a municipal court in the district where such action is brought, having jurisdiction of the subject matter and in which jurisdiction of the defendant or defendants could be acquired, and in case the amount of recovery by the plaintiff in such an action is less than $200, the plaintiff shall pay the defendant's costs and disbursements.
History:
(9473-1) 1925 c 326
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 549 — Costs, Disbursements › Section 549.06 — Several Actions; Costs, How Allowed.

549.06 SEVERAL ACTIONS; COSTS, HOW ALLOWED.
When several actions are brought on one instrument, or for the same cause of action, against several parties who might have been joined as defendants in the same action, costs shall be allowed to the plaintiff in but one of such actions, to be selected by the plaintiff, if at the commencement of such action the defendants in the other actions were openly within the state; but plaintiff's disbursements may be allowed as provided in section 549.04.
History:
(9474) RL s 4341; 1977 c 347 s 62; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure › Chapter 549 — Costs, Disbursements › Section 549.07 — Equitable Actions; Several Defendants.

549.07 EQUITABLE ACTIONS; SEVERAL DEFENDANTS.
In equitable actions, costs may be allowed or not, and, if allowed, may be apportioned between the parties on the same or adverse sides, in the discretion of the court. When there are several defendants not united in interest, and making separate defenses by separate answers, and plaintiff fails to recover judgment against all, the court may award costs to such defendants as have judgment in their favor, or any of them.
History:
(9475) RL s 4342