Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, § 8 (2026)

Interest on judgments; warrant or execution

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Section 8. When judgment is rendered upon an award of county commissioners, a committee or referees, or upon the report of an auditor or master, or upon the verdict of a jury or the finding of a justice, interest shall be computed upon the amount of the award, report, verdict or finding from the time when made to the time the judgment is entered. Every judgment for the payment of money shall bear interest from the day of its entry at the same rate per annum as provided for prejudgment interest in such award, report, verdict or finding. The warrant or execution issued on a judgment for the payment of money shall specify the day upon which judgment is entered, and shall require the collection or satisfaction thereof with interest from the day of its entry.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 81 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1924–2026 · leading case: Jet Spray Cooler, Inc. v. Crampton, 385 N.E.2d 1349 (Mass. 1979).

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Jet Spray Cooler, Inc. v. Crampton, 385 N.E.2d 1349 (Mass. 1979). · cites it 4× “See G.L.c. 235, § 8. [19] The plaintiffs maintain that they are entitled to interest from an earlier date.”

Sheriff of Suffolk Cnty. v. Jail Officers & Employees of Suffolk Cnty., 990 N.E.2d 1042 (Mass. 2013). · cites it 6× “See G. L. c. 235, § 8. A public entity’s consent to suit on a contract by virtue of entering into that contract does not thus constitute a waiver of immunity from postjudgment interest.”

Karellas v. Karellas, 766 N.E.2d 102 (Mass. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 8× “It is the appeal from this order which is now before us. Interest on judgments for the payment of money.”

Osborne v. Biotti, 533 N.E.2d 1341 (Mass. 1989). · cites it 8× “” 5 We must determine, therefore, whether an award of costs is a “judgment for the payment of money,” within the meaning of G. L. c. 235, § 8. The statute is silent as to the meaning of the term “judgment for the payment of money.”

C & M Constr. CO. v. Commonwealth, 486 N.E.2d 54 (Mass. 1985). · cites it 6× “See G. L. c. 235, § 8 (1984 ed.). Since the present action is not founded on the contract between C & M and the Commonwealth, as to which sovereign immunity is waived, the question is whether there is any other source of waiver of sovereign immunity.”

Chapman v. Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Ctr., 670 N.E.2d 166 (Mass. 1996). · cites it 4× “The statute providing for postjudgment interest, G. L. c. 235, § 8 (1994 ed.), states that “[e]very judgment for the payment of money shall bear interest from the day of its entry .”

Budish v. Daniel, 631 N.E.2d 1009 (Mass. 1994). · cites it 5× “In this action, the plaintiff sought an award of postjudgment interest at the twelve per cent rate set forth in G. L. c. 235, § 8 (1992 ed.), and G. L. c.”

Peak v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth., 482 N.E.2d 859 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 8× “The questions before us are: (1) When does postjudgment interest begin to run when a judgment is affirmed on appeal? (2) What is the proper rate of such interest prior to the 1983 amendment of G. L. c. 235, § 8? 2 A judge of the *727 Superior Court, by allowing the defendant’s…”

USM Corp. v. Marson Fastener Corp., 467 N.E.2d 1271 (Mass. 1984). · cites it 2× “[a] master,” interest is to be computed on the amount of the damages found in the report from the time of the report to the time judgment is entered.”

Cummings v. Stand. Register Co., 265 F.3d 56 (1st Cir. 2001). “” Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, § 8 . However, this statute, which is followed by language indicating that “[e]very judgment for the payment of money shall bear interest from the day of its entry,” id.”

Anderson v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh PA, 67 N.E.3d 1232 (Mass. 2017). · cites it 2× “Thus, the postjudgment interest statute, G. L. c. 235, § 8, provides that “[e]very judgment for the payment of money shall bear interest from the day of its entry .”

Fascione v. CNA Ins. Companies, 754 N.E.2d 662 (Mass. 2001). ““); G. L. c. 235, § 8 (“When judgment is rendered .”

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