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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": "west-virginia-judgment-rate",
    "name": "West Virginia Judgment Interest Rate",
    "entity_type": "rate_series",
    "jurisdiction": "US",
    "region": "US States",
    "locale": null,
    "metadata": {
      "state": "WV",
      "statute": "W. Va. Code § 56-6-31",
      "basis": "statute-variable"
    },
    "metrics": [
      "annual_rate"
    ],
    "latest": {
      "annual_rate": {
        "metric": "annual_rate",
        "value": 6.25,
        "value_text": "6.25%",
        "unit": "percent_per_annum",
        "effective_date": "2026-01-01",
        "source_id": "wv-jud",
        "source_url": "https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/news-publications/press-page/press-releases/supreme-court-sets-2026-interest-rate",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.419Z",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "method": "statute-variable",
        "notes": "Post-judgment interest under W. Va. Code § 56-6-31, currently 6.25% (as of January 1, 2026). 2 percentage points above the Fifth Federal Reserve District SECONDARY DISCOUNT rate in effect on January 2 of the year the judgment/decree is entered, with a statutory floor… Simple interest. Formula and rate apply to both (unified by 2017 amendment eff. Jan 1, 2018) — pre-judgment keyed to the rate on Jan 2 of the year the CAUSE OF ACTION… Verify the current value at courtswv.gov; not legal advice."
      }
    },
    "history": {
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        {
          "metric": "annual_rate",
          "value": 6.25,
          "value_text": "6.25%",
          "unit": "percent_per_annum",
          "effective_date": "2026-01-01",
          "source_id": "wv-jud",
          "source_url": "https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/news-publications/press-page/press-releases/supreme-court-sets-2026-interest-rate",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10T02:55:46.419Z",
          "confidence": "medium",
          "method": "statute-variable",
          "notes": "Post-judgment interest under W. Va. Code § 56-6-31, currently 6.25% (as of January 1, 2026). 2 percentage points above the Fifth Federal Reserve District SECONDARY DISCOUNT rate in effect on January 2 of the year the judgment/decree is entered, with a statutory floor… Simple interest. Formula and rate apply to both (unified by 2017 amendment eff. Jan 1, 2018) — pre-judgment keyed to the rate on Jan 2 of the year the CAUSE OF ACTION… Verify the current value at courtswv.gov; not legal advice."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}