This law states that in a civil lawsuit, you can use a final judgment from a felony criminal case as evidence. This applies even if the felony conviction was based on a plea of ‘nolo contendere,’ which means no contest. This evidence isn't blocked by the hearsay rule when it's necessary to show a key fact decided in the criminal case.

This law allows a person who has been ordered to pay a judgment (the 'judgment debtor') to use that judgment as evidence in legal cases where they are trying to get money back or relieve their responsibility because of that judgment. For example, they can use it in cases where they want someone else to pay part or all of the money (indemnity), to enforce a promise that should have protected them from this judgment, or to claim damages because someone broke a promise similar to one highlighted in the judgment.

This law says that in a civil case, if you're trying to show that someone else (a third person) is responsible for something, you can use evidence of a final court decision against them. This evidence is allowed even if it would normally be excluded as hearsay.