Potomac River Front Limited Partnership (Potomac) filed an authenticated judgment from the District of Columbia against appellant Robert Thompson, Jr., and two of his law partners in the Superior Court of Fulton County under OCGA 9-12-130 et seq., the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law (UEFJL). The superior court denied Thompson's motion to stay enforcement of the foreign judgment and concluded that Potomac could proceed to execute the judgment. Thompson now challenges the trial court's ruling, asserting that UEFJL is not applicable since the District of Columbia is not a state. Because the District of Columbia judgment is a foreign judgment as defined in the UEFJL and enforceable in this state, we must affirm the trial court.

Therefore, we must conclude that the District of Columbia judgment is a judgment of a court of the United States and Potomac could seek to enforce the judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state. See OCGA 9-12-132.

Thompson maintains that OCGA 9-12-138 restricts the application of the UEFJL in this case. This statutory provision merely sets forth a reciprocity requirement and provides that the Act will apply only to judgments entered in states which have adopted an act substantially similar to UEFJL. Although the District of Columbia is not a state, the district has adopted a similar act. See District of Columbia Court Rules Annotated, 15-351 et seq. In addition, Thompson's reliance upon the Georgia Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act is misplaced because that statute applies only to judgments obtained in jurisdictions outside the United States and its insular possessions. OCGA 9-12-111. See also Collins v. Peacock, 147 Ga. App. 424 (1) (249 SE2d 142) (1978). Consequently, the trial court did not err in concluding that the District of Columbia judgment may be enforced against Thompson in this state.