Georgia Code
Article 1 - In General
§ 7-4-12. Interest on Judgments

History. Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 394; Code 1863, § 2027; Code 1868, § 2028; Code 1873, § 2054; Code 1882, § 2054; Civil Code 1895, § 2882; Civil Code 1910, § 3432; Code 1933, § 57-108; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1118, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 195, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 352, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 7; Ga. L. 2003, p. 820, § 1.
Cross references.
Amount of judgment upon which interest may be charged, § 9-12-10 .
Pre-judgment interest in highway condemnation proceedings, § 32-3-19 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, the hyphen was deleted in the word “postjudgment” in subsection (c).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2003, “July 1, 2003” was substituted for “the effective date of this Code section” in subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2003, p. 820, § 9, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act “shall apply to all civil actions filed on or after July 1, 2003.”
Law reviews.
For article discussing methods of computation of finance charges in Georgia consumer credit contracts, see 30 Mercer L. Rev. 281 (1978).
For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 28 (2003).
For annual survey of trial practice and procedure, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 433 (2004).

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