Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (2026)
Interest on judgments and decrees
✓ current as of July 2026
All judgments or decrees founded on any sale or contract shall bear interest at the same rate as the contract evidencing the debt on which the judgment or decree was rendered. All other judgments or decrees shall bear interest at a per annum rate set by the judge hearing the complaint from a date determined by such judge to be fair but in no event prior to the filing of the complaint.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 47, art. 2 (3), ch. 54, art. 2 (38); 1857, ch. 50, arts. 1, 3, ch. 62, art. 100; 1871, §§ 1269, 2279, 2281; 1880, §§ 1141, 1143, 1958; 1892, § 2350; 1906, § 2680; Hemingway's 1917, § 2078; 1930, § 1949; 1942, § 39; Laws, 1975, ch. 336, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 311, § 5, eff. 7/1/1989.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 110
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: In Re Guardianship of Duckett, 991 So. 2d 1165 (Miss. 2008).
In Re Guardianship of Duckett, 991 So. 2d 1165 (Miss. 2008). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (Rev.2000). ¶ 33.”
Am. Fire Prot., Inc. v. Lewis, 653 So. 2d 1387 (Miss. 1995). “Miss. Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (Revised 1991) (emphasis added).”
Upchurch Plumbing, Inc. v. Greenwood Utils. Comm'n, 964 So. 2d 1100 (Miss. 2007). “However, Greenwood argues that Miss. Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (Rev.2000) is the applicable statute and allows trial judges the discretion to award prejudgment interest.”
Mississippi Dept. of Mental Health v. Hall, 936 So. 2d 917 (Miss. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (Rev.2000) provides that judgments in cases such as this " shall bear interest at a per annum rate set by the judge hearing the complaint from a date determined by such judge to be fair but in no event prior to the filing of the complaint.”
Moeller v. Am. Guar. & Liab. Ins. Co., 812 So. 2d 953 (Miss. 2002). “American Guarantee contends that the cause of action giving rise to American Guarantee's duty to pay for Fuselier's independent counsel arose in 1982 when American Guarantee chose to defend Fuselier under a reservation of rights.”
Coho Resources, Inc. v. McCarthy, 829 So. 2d 1 (Miss. 2002). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (2000). This Court has interpreted the statute as follows: An award of prejudgment interest rests in the discretion of the awarding judge.”
Arcadia Farms P'ship v. Audubon Ins. Co., 77 So. 3d 100 (Miss. 2012). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (Rev.2009). ¶ 21.”
Bluewater Logistics, LLC v. Williford, 55 So. 3d 148 (Miss. 2011). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (1975). . Miss.Code Ann.”
Us Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Est. of Francis, 825 So. 2d 38 (Miss. 2002). “Because the right to post-judgment interest is a statutory right according to Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (1991), this Court does not conclude that the motion for interest was a motion to amend or alter the judgment.”
In Re Gulfport Pilots Ass'n, Inc., 434 B.R. 380 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 2010). “As to the issue of post -judgment, pre-petition interest, 10 the Trustee asserts that no interest accrued on the $215,000 judgment because the Circuit Court Judge did not include an interest rate in the judgment, as contemplated by Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7. According to the…”
Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co. v. Johnson, 730 So. 2d 574 (Miss. 1998). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (1991). "All other judgments or decrees shall bear interest at a per annum rate set by the judge having the complaint from a date determined by such judge to be fair but in no event prior to the filing of the complaint.”
Indem. Ins. Co. of North Am. v. Guidant Mut. Ins. Co., 99 So. 3d 142 (Miss. 2012). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-17-7 (Rev.2009) (emphasis added).”
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