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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": "north-carolina-judgment-rate",
    "name": "North Carolina Judgment Interest Rate",
    "entity_type": "rate_series",
    "jurisdiction": "US",
    "region": "US States",
    "locale": null,
    "metadata": {
      "state": "NC",
      "statute": "N.C.G.S. §24-5 / §24-1",
      "basis": "statute-fixed"
    },
    "metrics": [
      "annual_rate"
    ],
    "latest": {
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        "value": 8,
        "value_text": "8%",
        "unit": "percent_per_annum",
        "effective_date": "2016-12-01",
        "source_id": "nc-ncleg",
        "source_url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_24/GS_24-5.html",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.419Z",
        "confidence": "high",
        "method": "statute-fixed",
        "notes": "Post-judgment interest at North Carolina’s legal rate of 8% per annum — N.C.G.S. §24-5 pegs judgment interest to the §24-1 legal rate (8%), or the contract rate for judgments on a contract. Fixed by statute; simple interest. Verify against the statute; not legal advice."
      }
    },
    "history": {
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          "effective_date": "2016-12-01",
          "source_id": "nc-ncleg",
          "source_url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_24/GS_24-5.html",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.419Z",
          "confidence": "high",
          "method": "statute-fixed",
          "notes": "Post-judgment interest at North Carolina’s legal rate of 8% per annum — N.C.G.S. §24-5 pegs judgment interest to the §24-1 legal rate (8%), or the contract rate for judgments on a contract. Fixed by statute; simple interest. Verify against the statute; not legal advice."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}