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Writs of Execution: Post-Judgment Interest Rate

Writs of Execution: Post-Judgment Interest Rate (PDF)

For Judgments Entered On or After July 1, 2003:

  1. Contract or Note – If there is a contract or note that provides the interest rate, post-judgment interest is the greater of.
    (a) The interest rate specified in the contract or note; or
    (b) The interest rate based on the Interest Rate Chart, below:
  2. All Other Cases – In all other cases, post-judgment interest is based on the Interest Rate Chart, below.
    3.  
    If Judgment is entered
    in the following year     		Then the Post-Judgment Interest is
    2009
    6.40%
    2008
    9.42%
    2007
    10.99%
    2006
    10.36%
    2005
    8.77%
    2004
    7.28%
    2003
    7.41%

    This Chart already includes the calculation of the T-Bill rate plus 6%

    NOTE: Post-judgment interest is awarded on judgments in Small Claims actions. However, the post-judgment interest rate is not stated in the Small Claims Judgment.