Practice question
A creditor presents a foreign money judgment and asks a Philippine sheriff to execute it immediately as though it were already a Philippine writ. No local recognition or enforcement process has occurred. Which is correct?
- Foreign origin automatically authorizes every sheriff to levy.
- The creditor may issue its own Philippine writ.
- A demand letter is a final local judgment.
- The foreign judgment is not automatically a local execution writ; the proper recognition and enforcement process must be followed.
- All foreign judgments are incapable of recognition.
Legal references
- https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2019-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf — Supreme Court official2019 Rules, Rule39§§47–48 and Rules57–61.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/apr2005/gr_139325_2005.html — Mijares v Ranada, GR139325, April12 2005, main decision.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_272461_2025.html — Ang v Sanchez-Fernandez, GR272461, April21 2025, main decision.
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