Staying enforcement of a foreign judgment
Ind. Code § 34-54-11-4
in effectSec. 4. (a) If the judgment debtor shows the court with whose clerk the foreign judgment is filed:
(1) that:
(A) an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending;
(B) an appeal from the foreign judgment will be taken; or
(C) a stay of execution of the foreign judgment has been granted; and
(2) that the judgment debtor has furnished the security, if any, for the judgment required under the jurisdiction in which the foreign judgment 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.
(b) If:
(1) the judgment debtor shows the court grounds upon which enforcement of a judgment of a court of Indiana would be stayed; and
(2) the judgment debtor gives the court security for the judgment debt;
the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for the same period as would be appropriate to stay enforcement for a similar judgment by an Indiana court.
As added by P.L.40-2003, SEC.2.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/34Fetched: 10/17/2026