806.38 Prejudgment and judgment interest.
(1) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict of laws rules of this state.
(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), an increase or decrease in the amount of prejudgment interest otherwise payable may be made in a foreign-money judgment to the extent required by s. 802.05, 805.03 or 807.01.
(3) A judgment on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the same rate applicable to other judgments of this state.
History: 1991 a. 236.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 806 - Civil procedure — judgment.
806.025 - Payment of judgment in cases involving prisoners.
806.03 - Judgment on admitted claim; order to satisfy.
806.04 - Uniform declaratory judgments act.
806.05 - Declaratory judgments against obscene matter.
806.06 - Rendition, perfection and entry of judgment.
806.07 - Relief from judgment or order.
806.08 - Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment.
806.09 - Restitution in case of reversed judgment; purchaser for value.
806.10 - Judgment and lien docket.
806.11 - Delinquent income or franchise tax lien.
806.115 - Filing of duplicate copy of warrant.
806.12 - Transcript of municipal judge's judgment.
806.13 - Judgments entered in other counties.
806.14 - Enforcement of real estate judgment in other counties.
806.15 - Lien of judgment; priority; statute may be suspended.
806.16 - Appellate court judgment, entry.
806.17 - Entering federal judgments.
806.18 - Assignment of judgment.
806.19 - Satisfaction of judgments.
806.20 - Court may direct satisfaction; refusal to satisfy.
806.21 - Judgment satisfied not a lien; partial satisfaction.
806.22 - Filing copy of satisfaction.
806.23 - Action on judgment, when brought.
806.24 - Uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act.
806.245 - Indian tribal documents: full faith and credit.
806.25 - No judgment without action.
806.32 - Variation by agreement.
806.33 - Determining the money of the claim.
806.34 - Determining the amount of the money of certain contract claims.
806.35 - Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
806.36 - Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.
806.37 - Conversions of foreign money in a distribution proceeding.
806.38 - Prejudgment and judgment interest.
806.39 - Enforcement of foreign judgments.
806.40 - Temporarily determining the U.S. dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
806.41 - Effect of currency revalorizations.
806.42 - Supplementary general principles of law.