Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 34-54-8-5 (2026)
Interest on final judgments
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to actions or proceedings in which:
(1) the state, a board, a commission, an agency, or an official is authorized by law to sue or be sued; and
(2) a money judgment is authorized by law to be entered and to be paid out of state funds in the custody of the state or in the custody of the board, commission, agency, or official.
(b) Interest attaches to a final judgment entered in an action or proceeding described in subsection (a):
(1) at the annual rate of six percent (6%); and
(2) beginning with the forty-fifth day after the rendition of the judgment.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-22-1 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.50.
IC 34-54-9Chapter 9. Effect of Refusal of Money Tender
34-54-9-1Applicability of chapter
34-54-9-2Effect of refusal on judgment
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2009–2023 · leading case: Albuquerque Commons P'ship v. City Council of Albuquerque, 2009 NMCA 65 (N.M. Ct. App. 2009).
Albuquerque Commons P'ship v. City Council of Albuquerque, 2009 NMCA 65 (N.M. Ct. App. 2009). “{54} We have also conducted a survey of the law in other states. The majority of jurisdictions do permit the recovery of post-judgment interest against the state or political subdivisions, either by statute, by case law, or by both.”
Alb. Commons P'ship v. City Council, 212 P.3d 1122 (N.M. Ct. App. 2009). “{54} We have also conducted a survey of the law in other states. The majority of jurisdictions do permit the recovery of post-judgment interest against the state or political subdivisions, either by statute, by case law, or by both.”
M.O. v. Indiana Dept. of Ins., Indiana Patient's Comp. Fund, 968 N.E.2d 254 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012). “A third statute, Indiana Code section 34-54-8-5 (1998), is discussed in M.”
State of Indiana v. Franciscan All., Inc. (Ind. Ct. App. 2023). “Ind. Code § 34-54-8-5 . [21] “As a matter of interpretation, general statutes yield to more specific statutes.”
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