Maine post-judgment interest rate
United States Maine’s official annual Treasury-linked post-judgment rate.
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Formula value
2026 Maine post-judgment interest at a glance
- Current rate
- 9.51% per year
- Effective date
- January 1, 2026
- Controlling authority
- 14 M.R.S. §1602-C
- Rate basis
- Formula value
- Source checked
- July 19, 2026
- Recorded history
- 24 data points
Maine post-judgment interest is currently 9.51% for interest beginning in 2026. Under 14 M.R.S. §1602-C, the general rate is the weekly-average one-year Treasury constant maturity yield for the last full week of the prior calendar year, plus 6 percentage points. A contract or note with an interest provision uses the greater of its written rate and the statutory rate.
How Maine post-judgment interest works
Which rate applies
The Treasury-plus-6 rate applies to the general civil and small-claims path. If a contract or note contains an interest provision, §1602-C(1)(A) uses the greater of the written rate and the statutory general rate.
When interest accrues
Interest accrues from and after entry of judgment and includes the appeal period. A continuance longer than 30 days obtained at the prevailing party’s request suspends interest for that period, and the court may fully or partially waive interest for good cause on the nonprevailing party’s petition.
Compounding and rate lock
The rate is selected by the calendar year in which post-judgment interest begins. Section 1602-C does not specify the calculator-grade compounding, day-count, or partial-payment mechanics, so StatuteRates does not publish a Maine payoff calculator yet.
Official history coverage
The dataset contains all 24 annual rows in the official Judicial Branch chart from July 2003 through 2026. The 2025 row uses the court’s corrected April 1, 2025 value of 10.23%, replacing the 10.88% value first published due to an administrative error. The pipeline independently checks the current chart against official H.15 data.
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→ See Maine’s prejudgment interest rate (interest before judgment — different rules)
Effective-date history
| Effective date | Rate | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2026 | 9.51% | Formula |
| January 1, 2025 | 10.23% | Formula |
| January 1, 2024 | 10.88% | Formula |
| January 1, 2023 | 10.73% | Formula |
| January 1, 2022 | 6.29% | Formula |
| January 1, 2021 | 6.09% | Formula |
| January 1, 2020 | 7.53% | Formula |
| January 1, 2019 | 8.59% | Formula |
| January 1, 2018 | 7.76% | Formula |
| January 1, 2017 | 6.87% | Formula |
| January 1, 2016 | 6.65% | Formula |
| January 1, 2015 | 6.27% | Formula |
| January 1, 2014 | 6.13% | Formula |
| January 1, 2013 | 6.16% | Formula |
| January 1, 2012 | 6.12% | Formula |
| January 1, 2011 | 6.30% | Formula |
| January 1, 2010 | 6.41% | Formula |
| January 1, 2009 | 6.40% | Formula |
| January 1, 2008 | 9.42% | Formula |
| January 1, 2007 | 10.99% | Formula |
| January 1, 2006 | 10.36% | Formula |
| January 1, 2005 | 8.77% | Formula |
| January 1, 2004 | 7.28% | Formula |
| July 1, 2003 | 7.41% | Formula |
Use this recorded history
24 source-backed periods are released from 2003-07-01 through 2026-08-25. For this series, the date input means post-judgment start year. General Maine §1602-C post-judgment series; written contract, note, and other statutory branches can differ.
Source & provenance
Observation recorded July 19, 2026 (00:00 UTC) from the cited source (Maine Judicial Branch (official)):
https://mjbportal.courts.maine.gov/CourtForms/FormsLists/DownloadForm?strFormNumber=OTH-156
Cite this page
StatuteRates. “Maine Judgment Interest Rate.” StatuteRates.com. Accessed today. https://statuterates.com/rates/maine-judgment-rate/ Rate recorded under 14 M.R.S. §1602-C, effective January 1, 2026.