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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).",
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    "generated_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.441Z",
    "slug": "south-carolina-judgment-rate",
    "name": "South Carolina Judgment Interest Rate",
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    "jurisdiction": "US",
    "region": "US States",
    "locale": null,
    "metadata": {
      "state": "SC",
      "statute": "S.C. Code Ann. § 34-31-20(B)",
      "basis": "statute-variable"
    },
    "metrics": [
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    ],
    "latest": {
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        "metric": "annual_rate",
        "value": 10.75,
        "value_text": "10.75%",
        "unit": "percent_per_annum",
        "effective_date": "2026-01-15",
        "source_id": "sc-jud",
        "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t34c031.php",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.419Z",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "method": "statute-variable",
        "notes": "Post-judgment interest under S.C. Code Ann. § 34-31-20(B), currently 10.75% (as of January 15, 2026). Legal rate = (prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal published for the calendar year for which damages are awarded) + 4 percentage points,… Compounded annually. This is the rate on money decrees and judgments under § 34-31-20(B), applicable to all judgments entered on or after July 1, 2005. TRANSITIONAL: for… Verify the current value at scstatehouse.gov; not legal advice."
      }
    },
    "history": {
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          "value_text": "10.75%",
          "unit": "percent_per_annum",
          "effective_date": "2026-01-15",
          "source_id": "sc-jud",
          "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t34c031.php",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.419Z",
          "confidence": "medium",
          "method": "statute-variable",
          "notes": "Post-judgment interest under S.C. Code Ann. § 34-31-20(B), currently 10.75% (as of January 15, 2026). Legal rate = (prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal published for the calendar year for which damages are awarded) + 4 percentage points,… Compounded annually. This is the rate on money decrees and judgments under § 34-31-20(B), applicable to all judgments entered on or after July 1, 2005. TRANSITIONAL: for… Verify the current value at scstatehouse.gov; not legal advice."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}