PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 9. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS 680.010-724.260›DIVISION 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 680.010-694.090›CHAPTER 5. Interest and Costs 685.010-685.110
§ 685.010
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) Interest accrues at the rate of 10 percent per annum on the principal amount of a money judgment remaining unsatisfied.
(b) The Legislature reserves the right to change the rate of interest provided in subdivision (a) at any time to a rate of less than 10 percent per annum, regardless of the date of entry of the judgment or the date any obligation upon which the judgment is based was incurred. A change in the rate of interest may be made applicable only to the interest that accrues after the operative date of the statute that changes the rate.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.)
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