§ 1710.20
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(a)An application for entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment shall be filed in a superior court.
(b)Subject to the power of the court to transfer proceedings under this chapter pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 392) of Part 2, the proper county for the filing of an application is any of the following:
(1)The county in which any judgment debtor resides.
(2)If no judgment debtor is a resident, any county in this state.
(c)A case in which the sister state judgment amounts to thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.