§ StatuteRates

North Carolina post-judgment interest rate

United States  North Carolina’s legal-rate and contract judgment branches.

→ All North Carolina judgment & prejudgment interest rates

Current rate
8% per year — current statutory reference (source checked July 9, 2026)
Fixed by statute

2026 North Carolina post-judgment interest at a glance

Current rate
8% per year
Effective date
December 1, 2016
Controlling authority
N.C.G.S. §24-5 / §24-1
Rate basis
Fixed by statute
Source checked
July 9, 2026
Recorded history
1 data point

N.C. Gen. Stat. §24-5 uses the §24-1 legal rate for the general judgment branch. A contract award uses the contract rate after judgment only when the contract expressly provides that the rate continues after judgment; otherwise the legal rate applies. A qualifying consumer-contract award uses the lower of the contract and legal rates, and penal-bond and noncontract awards have separate timing rules.

→ Open the manual arithmetic-only tool — independently verify every legal input first

→ See North Carolina’s prejudgment interest rate (interest before judgment — different rules)

Statutory basis & carve-outs. 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.

Current recorded observation

One current observation is on record; this page does not claim complete historical coverage. All recorded observations are in the JSON API.
Effective dateRateBasis
December 1, 2016 8% Statute

Source & provenance

Observation recorded July 9, 2026 (00:00 UTC) from the cited source (North Carolina General Assembly (official)):
https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_24/GS_24-5.html

Cite this page

StatuteRates. “North Carolina Judgment Interest Rate.” StatuteRates.com. Accessed today. https://statuterates.com/rates/north-carolina-judgment-rate/ Rate recorded under N.C.G.S. §24-5 / §24-1, effective December 1, 2016.

Reference data only — not legal, tax, or financial advice. Always confirm the controlling value against the controlling official source and, where applicable, the governing statute or court before relying on it.