In Costa Rica, the Civil Procedures Code, the government, and the

courts will all permit enforcement of foreign money judgments. This

procedure is called exequatur.

 

 

 

We do not have current statistics indicating how many exequaturs

from United States courts take place in Costa Rica. Nevertheless, every

year the First Chamber of the Supreme Court analyzes enforcement of

foreign money judgment cases coming from United States courts.

Furthermore, in Costa Rica, the majority of exequaturs are related to

divorces and Probate Proceedings.

 

 

 

As far as we know, there is no proposed legislation or other

governmental action that can affect the exequatur procedure in Costa

Rica. For enforcement of foreign money judgments the requirements

established in the Civil Procedures Code must be complied with and

any other related national legislation. Furthermore, the procedure can

be affected if the Costa Rican judge is not competent to review the

request and if there is another ongoing claim in our country on the
same matter or if the same matter has already been resolved.