Civ. Code, § 3289 · Article 2. Interest as Damages
Civ. Code, § 3289
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any legal rate of interest stipulated by a contract remains chargeable after a breach thereof, as before, until the contract is superseded by a verdict or other new obligation.
(b) If a contract entered into after January 1, 1986, does not stipulate a legal rate of interest, the obligation shall bear interest at a rate of 10 percent per annum after a breach.
For the purposes of this subdivision, the term contract shall not include a note secured by a deed of trust on real property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 176, Sec. 1. Effective June 23, 1986.
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- Lab. Code, § 218.6Printed as Section 3289 of the Civil Code
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- Lab. Code, § 1493Printed as Section 3289 of the Civil Code
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- Lab. Code, § 1741Printed as Section 3289 of the Civil Code
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- Lab. Code, § 2510Printed as Section 3289 of the Civil Code
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- Lab. Code, § 2810.8Printed as Section 3289 of the Civil Code
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