Bianchi v. Bank of America, N.A.

OPINION

By the Court,

Douglas, J.:

In this case, a judgment creditor domesticated a foreign judgment in Nevada but failed to enforce the domesticated judgment within Nevada’s six-year limitation period for the enforcement of judgments. Then, after successfully renewing the judgment in the issuing jurisdiction, the judgment creditor domesticated the renewed foreign judgment in Nevada.

Thus, in this appeal, we consider whether a judgment creditor’s valid renewal of a foreign judgment allows the creditor to domesticate the renewed foreign judgment, when the creditor failed to enforce the original…