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RSA 336:1 · Rate of Interest

Title
XXXI: TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter
336 · INTEREST
Status
current
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336:1 Rate of Interest. –

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I.

The annual rate of interest in all business transactions in which interest is paid or secured, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing, shall equal 10 percent. No consumer credit transaction, as defined in RSA 358-K:1, V, shall be subject to this paragraph. If agreed upon in writing, interest on business transactions may include charging other than simple interest.

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II.

The annual simple rate of interest on judgments, including prejudgment interest, shall be a rate determined by the state treasurer as the prevailing discount rate of interest on 26-week United States Treasury bills at the last auction thereof preceding the last day of September in each year, plus 2 percentage points, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percentage point. On or before the first day of December in each year, the state treasurer shall determine the rate and transmit it to the director of the administrative office of the courts. As established, the rate shall be in effect beginning the first day of the following January through the last day of December in each year. Source. RS 190:2. CS 203:2. GS 213:2. GL 232:2. PS 203:1. 1921, 121:1. PL 313:1. RL 367:1. RSA 336:1. 1981, 348:1. 1995, 242:1. 1997, 193:4. 2001, 160:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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Source note

Source. RS 190:2. CS 203:2. GS 213:2. GL 232:2. PS 203:1. 1921, 121:1. PL 313:1. RL 367:1. RSA 336:1. 1981, 348:1. 1995, 242:1. 1997, 193:4. 2001, 160:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Source history

  • 1921, 121:1. PL 313:1. RL 367:1. RSA 336:1
  • 1981, 348:1
  • 1995, 242:1
  • 1997, 193:4
  • 2001, 160:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001
  • RS 190:2. CS 203:2. GS 213:2. GL 232:2. PS 203:1

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  • 2026 HB1576 add · effective 2027-06-01

    ution for contempt, pursuant to RSA 651:67. (b) Intentional nonpayment shall result in interest accruing on the unpaid balance at the civil judgment rate established pursuant to RSA 336:1, II, together with a financial penalty, as established by rule, designed to deter noncompliance. VI.(a) The department of corrections shall provide written notice to victims within 30 days of any reevaluation results,

  • 2026 HB1576-FN add · effective 2027-06-01

    ution for contempt, pursuant to RSA 651:67. (b) Intentional nonpayment shall result in interest accruing on the unpaid balance at the civil judgment rate established pursuant to RSA 336:1, II, together with a financial penalty, as established by rule, designed to deter noncompliance. VI.(a) The department of corrections shall provide written notice to victims within 30 days of any reevaluation results,

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