Minn. Stat. § 548.27 – Filing and status of foreign judgments

(a) A certified copy of any foreign judgment may be filed in the office of the court administrator of any district court of this state. Subject to paragraph (b), 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, and 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.
(b) If the creditor wants the foreign state's life span or interest rate applied to the judgment, the creditor or creditor's attorney must file an affidavit attesting to the foreign state's life span or interest rate, and a subsequent affidavit each time the interest rate or life span changes. Absent such an affidavit, Minnesota's life span and interest rate shall be applied to the judgment.
* NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2005, chapter *14, section 1, is effective August 1, 2006. Laws 2005, chapter *159, article 1, section 14, as amended by Laws 2005, First *Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 10.