If you have a valid judgment in which the defendant filed an appearance in the case all you have to do is follow the court's procedures to have the judgment recognized and enforced in the other state. It usually involves simply filing a verified copy of the judgment with the court of the other state. Some state's may have a variation on this, but it is very simple to find out.
If the defendant did not file an appearance in the case and a default judgment entered... you may have to go through a hearing in the other state to establish that the forum state had proper jurisdiction over the defendant. It is an expedited process, and you should be able to get your costs back as part of you damages. There is a Constitutional requirement under the "Full Faith and Credit Clause" that each state is required to recognize the judgments of the forty-nine sister states. It is simply a matter of following each state's procedure.
I really do not understand why you could not sue in the other state other than it may have had something to do with why you sued. If you sued on a tort claim for a bounced check the proper venue may have been in the location where the check bounced and in which you actually sued...in which case the court probably had proper jurisdiction, and you would have a valid judgment. You may have had an easier time suing in the other state if you sued for contract breach...much easier to succeed on this type of claim.to post a reply:
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