WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 294

CHAPTER 294
(House Bill 273)

AN ACT concerning

Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act - Stay of Enforcement - Security

FOR the purpose of clarifying that a stay of enforcement of a foreign judgment under the
Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act is contingent on the judgment
debtor proving that the judgment debtor has furnished certain security for the
satisfaction of the foreign judgment.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 11-804(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

11-804.

(a) [If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign
judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted and
proves that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the
judgment required by the state in which it was rendered, the court shall 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.] THE COURT SHALL STAY ENFORCEMENT OF
THE FOREIGN JUDGMENT UNTIL AN APPEAL IS CONCLUDED, THE TIME FOR APPEAL
EXPIRES, OR A STAY OF EXECUTION EXPIRES OR IS VACATED IF THE JUDGMENT
DEBTOR:

(1)      SHOWS THE COURT THAT AN APPEAL FROM THE FOREIGN
JUDGMENT IS PENDING OR WILL BE TAKEN, OR THAT A STAY OF EXECUTION HAS
BEEN GRANTED; AND

(2)      PROVES THAT THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR HAS FURNISHED THE
SECURITY FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE JUDGMENT REQUIRED BY THE STATE IN
WHICH IT WAS RENDERED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

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