Miss. Code § 75-17-7

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 75-17-7 - Interest on judgments and decrees

All judgments or decrees founded on any sale or contract shall bear interest at the same rate as the contract evidencing the debt on which the judgment or decree was rendered. All other judgments or decrees shall bear interest at a per annum rate set by the judge hearing the complaint from a date determined by such judge to be fair but in no event prior to the filing of the complaint.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 47, art. 2 (3), ch. 54, art. 2 (38); 1857, ch. 50, arts. 1, 3, ch. 62, art. 100; 1871, §§ 1269, 2279, 2281; 1880, §§ 1141, 1143, 1958; 1892, § 2350; 1906, § 2680; Hemingway's 1917, § 2078; 1930, § 1949; 1942, § 39; Laws, 1975, ch. 336, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 311, § 5, eff. 7/1/1989.