S596 - Protection Against Unconstitutional Foreign Judgments (SL 2015-107)

Overview: S.L. 2015-107, as amended by Section 32 of S.L. 2015-264, clarifies the existing law regarding the enforcement of foreign-country judgments by stating that foreign-country judgments obtained by foreign governments to compensate for the expenditure of public funds for government programs must not be recognized in North Carolina. It also provides that the recognition of a judgment that is based on a foreign statute or rule of law which, as applied by the foreign court, would have been contrary to either the United States Constitution or the North Carolina Constitution must be denied unless the recognition is reasonable under the circumstances.

The act became effective June 24, 2015, and applies to recognition of foreign-country judgments on or after that date regardless of when the judgment was entered.