Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 11-802 : COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS — JUDGMENTS — UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS ACT —802 - Filing TEXT PDF (a) (1) (i) Except as provided in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, a copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or statutes of this State may be filed in the office of the clerk of a circuit court. (ii) If the face amount of the judgment is $2,500 or less, the copy shall be filed with the clerk of the District Court. (iii) If the face amount of the judgment is not more than a jurisdictional amount described in § 4-401 of this article, but more than $2,500, the copy may be filed either with the clerk of the District Court or in the office of the clerk of a circuit court. (2) The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the court in which the foreign judgment is filed. (b) A filed foreign judgment has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating, staying, enforcing, or satisfying as a judgment of the court in which it is filed. Md. Code, CJ § 11-802