WINSOR, J.
The Bank of Nova Scotia (ScotiaBank), a Canadian institution, appeals from King County Superior Court orders denying recognition of a Canadian default judgment entered against Pacific Western Equipment Co., a Washington corporation. We reverse the orders, holding that the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (the Foreign Money-Judgments Act), RCW 6.40, requires recognition of the Canadian judgment.
On April 18, 1984, Tschabold Equipment...
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