All liquidated demands, where by agreement or otherwise the sum to be paid is fixed or certain, bear interest from the time the party shall become liable and bound to pay them; if payable on demand, they shall bear interest from the time of the demand. In case of promissory notes payable on demand, the law presumes a demand instantly and gives interest from date.
History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 405.; Ga. L. 1858, p. 90, § 1; Code 1863, § 2029; Code 1868, § 2030; Code 1873, § 2056; Code 1882, § 2056; Civil Code 1895, § 2884; Civil Code 1910, § 3434; Code 1933, § 57-110.
Law reviews.
For note discussing usury law application to interest charged on liquidated demands and promissory notes payable on demand, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).
For article, “2015 Georgia Corporation and Business Organization Case Law Developments,” see 21 Ga. St. Bar. J. 30 (Apr. 2016).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 4 - Interest and Usury
§ 7-4-4. Advertisement of Rates of Interest or Finance Charge
§ 7-4-8. Commission to Third Person Does Not Make Lawful Interest Usurious
§ 7-4-9. Back Interest May Be Stipulated in Contract and Recovered
§ 7-4-11. Usury Is Personal Defense; No Collection From Insolvent to Prejudice of Others
§ 7-4-12. Interest on Judgments
§ 7-4-12.1. Interest on Arrearage on Child Support; Settlement of Unreimbursed Public Assistance
§ 7-4-13. Law of Place of Contract Governs Interest Unless Otherwise Provided
§ 7-4-14. Interest Runs From Default Unless Otherwise Agreed; When Demand Necessary
§ 7-4-15. When Interest Runs on Liquidated Demands; Promissory Notes Payable on Demand
§ 7-4-16. When Interest Runs on Commercial Accounts; Maximum Interest Rate on Commercial Accounts
§ 7-4-17. Payment Applied First to Interest; No Interest on Unpaid Interest; Exceptions
§ 7-4-18. Criminal Penalty for Excessive Interest
§ 7-4-19. Civil Action to Enforce Chapter
§ 7-4-20. Election to Forgo Application of Federal Usury Laws