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Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-99-7)
Chapter 17 - INTEREST, FINANCE CHARGES, AND OTHER CHARGES (§§ 75-17-1 — 75-17-107)
GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 75-17-1 — 75-17-35)
Section 75-17-7 - Interest on judgments and decrees
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MS Code § 75-17-7 (2024)
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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.
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