§ 47-14-121 — Interest on judgments - Rate

Tennessee § 47-14-121

• Jurisdiction: Tennessee
• Title: 47

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(a) Except as set forth in subsection (c), the interest rate on judgments per annum in all courts, including decrees, shall: (1) For any judgment entered between July 1 and December 31, be equal to two percent (2%) less than the formula rate per annum published by the commissioner of financial institutions, as required by § 47-14-105 , for June of the same year; or (2) For any judgment entered between January 1 and June 30, be equal to two percent (2%) less than the formula rate per annum published by the commissioner of financial institutions, as required by § 47-14-105 , for December of the prior year. (b) To assist parties and the courts in determining and applying the interest rate on judgments set forth in subsection (a) for the six-month period in which a judgment is entered, before or at the beginning of each six-month period the administrative office of the courts: (1) Shall calculate the interest rate on judgments that applies for the new six-month period pursuant to subsection (a); (2) Shall publish that rate on the administrative office of the courts' web site; and (3) Shall maintain and publish on that web site the judgment interest rates for each prior six-month period going back to the rate in effect for the six-month period beginning July 1, 2012. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or (b), where a judgment is based on a statute, note, contract, or other writing that fixes a rate of interest within the limits provided in § 47-14-103 for particular categories of creditors, lenders or transactions, the judgment shall bear interest at the rate so fixed.

Legislative History

Acts 1979, ch. 203, § 20; 1981, ch. 263, § 1; 2008, ch. 655, § 1; 2012, ch. 1043, § 1.