Louisiana post-judgment interest rate
United States Louisiana’s annual judicial-interest rate and official published history.
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Statutory formula / table
2026 Louisiana post-judgment interest at a glance
- Current rate
- 7.50% per year
- Effective date
- January 1, 2026
- Controlling authority
- La. R.S. 13:4202(B)
- Rate basis
- Statutory formula / table
- Source checked
- August 20, 2026
- Recorded history
- 42 data points
Louisiana’s general judicial-interest rate for 2026 is 7.50%. La. R.S. 13:4202(B) directs the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to set a rate for each calendar year from the specified Federal Reserve benchmark plus 3.25 percentage points. The applicable rate can therefore change as a judgment remains unpaid; contracts, claim type, and special statutes can supply different rules.
How Louisiana post-judgment interest works
Which rate applies
R.S. 13:4202 supplies the general annual judicial-interest schedule. A monetary contractual obligation can use an agreed rate under Civil Code art. 2000, while tort, government-defendant, and other special statutory branches can change entitlement, rate, or timing.
When interest accrues
Louisiana does not have one universal start date. R.S. 13:4203 addresses interest from judicial demand for judgments sounding in damages ex delicto; Civil Code art. 2000 addresses qualifying monetary obligations from the time a sum is due. After judgment, the published judicial rate changes by calendar year rather than remaining fixed at the entry-year percentage.
Compounding and rate lock
Do not compound automatically. Civil Code art. 2001 permits interest on accrued interest only through a new agreement made after that interest accrued. Day count, payment allocation, contractual terms, and special statutory branches remain outside the calculator model.
Official history coverage
The dataset preserves 42 dated periods from the official OFI schedule beginning September 12, 1980. OFI also lists 7% for the undated period before that day; it remains contextual only because no beginning date is published and StatuteRates will not invent one.
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Effective-date history
| Effective date | Rate | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2026 | 7.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 2025 | 8.25% | Statute |
| January 1, 2024 | 8.75% | Statute |
| January 1, 2023 | 6.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 2022 | 3.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 2021 | 3.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 2020 | 5.75% | Statute |
| January 1, 2019 | 6.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2018 | 5.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2017 | 4.25% | Statute |
| January 1, 2016 | 4.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2015 | 4.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2014 | 4.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2013 | 4.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2012 | 4.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2011 | 4.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2010 | 3.75% | Statute |
| January 1, 2009 | 5.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 2008 | 8.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 2007 | 9.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 2006 | 8.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2005 | 6.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 2004 | 5.25% | Statute |
| January 1, 2003 | 4.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 2002 | 5.75% | Statute |
| January 1, 2001 | 8.241% | Statute |
| January 1, 2000 | 7.285% | Statute |
| January 1, 1999 | 6.73% | Statute |
| January 1, 1998 | 7.60% | Statute |
| August 1, 1997 | 7.90% | Statute |
| January 1, 1997 | 9.25% | Statute |
| January 1, 1996 | 9.75% | Statute |
| January 1, 1995 | 8.75% | Statute |
| January 1, 1994 | 7.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 1993 | 7.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 1992 | 9.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 1991 | 11.00% | Statute |
| January 1, 1990 | 11.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 1989 | 11.50% | Statute |
| January 1, 1988 | 9.75% | Statute |
Use this recorded history
42 source-backed periods are released from 1980-09-12 through 2026-08-25. For this series, the date input means accrual calendar date. General Louisiana judicial-interest schedule; contract, government, claim-specific, and special statutory branches can differ.
Source & provenance
Observation recorded August 20, 2026 (00:00 UTC) from the cited source (Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions (official)):
https://ofi.la.gov/legal/statutes-rules-policies-opinions/judicial-interest-rates/
Cite this page
StatuteRates. “Louisiana Judgment Interest Rate.” StatuteRates.com. Accessed today. https://statuterates.com/rates/louisiana-judgment-rate/ Rate recorded under La. R.S. 13:4202(B), effective January 1, 2026.