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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="10-704" title_number="10" title_name="Evidence" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A foreign judgment is not conclusive if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The judgment was obtained by fraud.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A foreign judgment need not be recognized if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute was to be settled out of court; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “defamation” includes invasion of privacy by false facts.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A foreign judgment against any person who is a resident of this State or who has assets in this State may not be recognized if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The cause of action resulted in a defamation judgment obtained in a jurisdiction outside the United States, unless the court before which the matter is brought in this State first determines that the defamation law as applied in the foreign jurisdiction provides for at least as much protection for freedom of speech and the press as is provided by both the United States Constitution and the Maryland Constitution; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The cause of action resulted in a defamation judgment entered against the provider of an interactive computer service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 230, unless the court before which the matter is brought in this State determines that the judgment is consistent with 47 U.S.C. § 230.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
