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R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-26-1 (2026)

Legal rate of interest — Post judgment interest

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Post judgment interest on any judgment, and interest in all business transactions where interest is secured or paid, shall be computed at the rate of twelve dollars ($12.00) on one hundred dollars ($100) for one year, unless a different rate is expressly stipulated.

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Cited in 14 cases, 1970–2001 · leading case: Gott v. Norberg, 417 A.2d 1352 (R.I. 1980).
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Gott v. Norberg, 417 A.2d 1352 (R.I. 1980). · cites it 4× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 6-26-1 [10] to provide *1360 the rate of interest applicable in proceedings to recover taxes imposed unconstitutionally.”
F. D. McKendall Lumber Co. v. Kalian, 425 A.2d 515 (R.I. 1981). “The defendant argued both at trial and before us that although he signed the delivery receipts, such receipts were not legally binding.”
Boyajian v. Union Capital Corp. (In re Harrington), 6 B.R. 655 (D.R.I. 1980). · cites it 4× “” The Defendants’ contention is neither supported by the language of the statute nor by decisions interpreting an analagous provision of the Rhode Island usury statute, R.”
Etheridge v. Atl. Mut. Ins., 480 A.2d 1341 (R.I. 1984). “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 6-26-1, as amended by P.L. 1981, ch. 54, § 2 until the date of payment.”
Ankner v. Napolitano, 764 A.2d 712 (R.I. 2001). · cites it 2× “The state shall pay to CPI on or before December 22,1999 the principal amount of the judgment together with interest at the Treasury Bill rate which the state concedes is due to plaintiff in accordance with our opinion, and the city shall reimburse the state such amount within…”
Kentucky Fried Chicken of Warren, Inc. v. Flanders, 461 A.2d 927 (R.I. 1983). · cites it 2× “General Laws 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 6-26-1, as amended by P.L. 1981, ch. 54 § 2.”
Lombardi v. Goodyear Loan Co., 549 A.2d 1025 (R.I. 1988). “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 6-26-1 to 12 percent. Section 3 of chapter 54 specified that the act shall be applied retroactively to all cases pending at the time of its enactment.”
United States v. Jenison, 484 F. Supp. 747 (D.R.I. 1980). “§ 9-2-8, § 6-26-1; 26 U.S.C. § 6323 (e)(1), (6).”
Levcowich v. Chorney, 443 A.2d 1242 (R.I. 1982). · cites it 3× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 6-26-1 to read: “Interest in the rendition of judgments, and in all business transactions where interest is secured or paid, shall be computed at the rate of twelve dollars ($12.”
Daniels Tobacco Co. Inc. v. Norberg, 335 A.2d 636 (R.I. 1975). “The administrator argues that the only statutory authorities relevant to the payment of ■interest in the instant proceedings are §9-21-8, which provides for interest from the date of entry of the judgment, and §6-26-1, which sets the rate of interest on judgments at 6 percent.”
Anderson v. Anderson, 266 A.2d 56 (R.I. 1970). “1956, §6-26-1. This is hardly a realistic rate in today’s money market, and for that reason the interest on the sums from time to time paid out by the purchasers should be computed at one per cent above whatever may have been the effective prime rate.”
Ferrazzano v. Flanders, 462 A.2d 368 (R.I. 1983). · cites it 2× “, this issue has been rendered moot by an act of the General Assembly which provides for interest in the rendition of judgments at the rate of 12 percent per annum and applies this rate of interest retroactively to all pending cases.”
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