New Jersey Registration of Foreign Judgment (AO 451) is the process by which a foreign judgment, previously entered by a court or tribunal outside the state of New Jersey, is registered with a court in New Jersey. This registration gives the judgment the same effect as a domestic judgment, allowing it to be enforced in New Jersey. A foreign judgment may be registered in New Jersey if it meets certain criteria, such as being final and enforceable in the foreign jurisdiction, and being related to a sum of money or to property located in New Jersey. There are two types of registration: direct registration, which requires an application to a New Jersey court, and domestication, which requires recognition of the foreign judgment in another state and then registration of that judgment in New Jersey.