24-1. Legal rate is eight percent.
Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 136-113, the legal rate of interest shall be eight percent (8%) per annum for such time as interest may accrue, and no more. (1876-7, c. 91; Code, s. 3835; 1895, c. 69; Rev., s. 1950; C.S., s. 2305; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1157, s. 1; 2016-90, s. 18(a).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 24-1 - Legal rate is eight percent.
§ 24-1.1 - Contract rates and fees.
§ 24-1.1A - Contract rates on home loans secured by first mortgages or first deeds of trust.
§ 24-1.1E - Restrictions and limitations on high-cost home loans.
§ 24-1.1F - Rate spread home loans.
§ 24-1.2A - Equity lines of credit.
§ 24-1.4 - Interest rates for savings and loan associations.
§ 24-2 - Penalty for usury; corporate bonds may be sold below par.
§ 24-2.1 - Transactions governed by Chapter.
§ 24-2.2 - Interest on extensions of credit by banks and savings and loan associations; exceptions.
§ 24-2.3 - State opt-out from federal preemption.
§ 24-2.5 - Mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers.
§ 24-3 - Time from which interest runs.
§ 24-4 - Obligations due guardians to bear compound interest; rate of interest.
§ 24-5 - Interest on judgments.
§ 24-7 - Interest from verdict to judgment added as costs.
§ 24-8 - Loans not in excess of $300,000; what interest, fees and charges permitted.
§ 24-9 - Loans exempt from rate and fee limitations.
§ 24-9.3 - Economic development loans.
§ 24-10 - Maximum fees on loans secured by real property.
§ 24-10.2 - Consumer protections in certain home loans.
§ 24-11 - Certain revolving credit charges.