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  "generated_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.441Z",
  "attribution": "Source values are U.S. federal government works (public domain). Compiled by StatuteRates.",
  "license": "Compiled dataset offered for reference; values trace to official public-domain sources (see each record).",
  "data": {
    "generated_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.441Z",
    "slug": "california-judgment-rate",
    "name": "California Post-Judgment Interest Rate",
    "entity_type": "rate_series",
    "jurisdiction": "US",
    "region": "US States",
    "locale": null,
    "metadata": {
      "state": "CA",
      "statute": "CCP §685.010",
      "basis": "statute-fixed"
    },
    "metrics": [
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    ],
    "latest": {
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        "metric": "annual_rate",
        "value": 10,
        "value_text": "10%",
        "unit": "percent_per_annum",
        "effective_date": "2024-01-01",
        "source_id": "ca-leginfo",
        "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&sectionNum=685.010",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.419Z",
        "confidence": "high",
        "method": "statute-fixed",
        "notes": "Default rate on money judgments under CCP §685.010(a)(1); simple interest, accruing daily (/365) on unpaid principal from entry of judgment. Carve-outs: 5% under §685.010(a)(2) for judgments entered/renewed on or after Jan 1, 2023 against a natural person on medical debt (principal < $200,000) or personal debt (< $50,000) — SB 1200 (2022); 7% where the judgment debtor is a state or local government entity (Cal. Const. art. XV §1). Effective date shown is the current statutory text (amended eff. Jan 1, 2024); the 10% default has applied since the early 1980s. Verify against the statute; not legal advice."
      }
    },
    "history": {
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        {
          "metric": "annual_rate",
          "value": 10,
          "value_text": "10%",
          "unit": "percent_per_annum",
          "effective_date": "2024-01-01",
          "source_id": "ca-leginfo",
          "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&sectionNum=685.010",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.419Z",
          "confidence": "high",
          "method": "statute-fixed",
          "notes": "Default rate on money judgments under CCP §685.010(a)(1); simple interest, accruing daily (/365) on unpaid principal from entry of judgment. Carve-outs: 5% under §685.010(a)(2) for judgments entered/renewed on or after Jan 1, 2023 against a natural person on medical debt (principal < $200,000) or personal debt (< $50,000) — SB 1200 (2022); 7% where the judgment debtor is a state or local government entity (Cal. Const. art. XV §1). Effective date shown is the current statutory text (amended eff. Jan 1, 2024); the 10% default has applied since the early 1980s. Verify against the statute; not legal advice."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}