I am not a lawyer, I am a judgment broker. This article is my opinion, and not legal advice, based on my experience in California, and laws vary in each state. If you ever need any legal advice or a strategy to use, please contact a lawyer.

This article has links to codes or statutes for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Judgment laws vary from state to state and from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Here you will find the actual laws posted by the various state governments. State URL Annual Interest Rate Statute/Limitations Alabama http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/ coatoc.htm 7.5% 20 Years 2. Alaska http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/folio.asp 3.75% 10 Years 3. Arizona http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp 10% 5 Years 4. Arkansas http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/2010F/Pages /Home.aspx 10% 10 Years 5. California http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html 10% 10 Years 6. Colorado http://www.michie.com/colorado/lpext.dllf=templates&fn= mainh.htm&cp= 8% compounded 20 Years 7. Connecticutt http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/Statutes.asp 10% 20 Years 8. D.C. http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.aspSP =DCC1000 2% 20 Years 9. Delaware http://delcode.delaware.gov/ 5.75% unlimited 10. Florida http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfmMode= ViewStatutes&Submenu=1 4.75% 20 Years 11. Georgia http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/gacode/ 6.25% 7 Years 12. Hawaii http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/hrs/default.asp 10% 100 Years 13. Idaho http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/idstTOC.html 5.25% 5 Years 14. Illinois http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp 9% 20 Years 15. Indiana http://www.ai.org/legislative/ic/code/ 8% 20 Years 16. Iowa http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/2003SUPPLEMENT/ titles.html 2.16% 10 Years 17. Kansas http://kslegislature.org/li/statute/ 4.75% 5 Years 18. Kentucky http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/krs/titles.htm 12% compounded 15 Years 19. Louisiana http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.aspfolder=75 4.0% 100 Years 20. Maine http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/ 6.12% 20 Years 21. Maryland http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/MDAnnCodes.html 10% 12 Years 22. Massachusetts http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm 12% 20 Years 23. Michigan http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asppage= chapterindex 2.083% compounded 10 Years 24. Minnesota http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/ 4% 10 Years 25. Mississippi http://michie.com/mississippi/lpext.dllf=templates&fn= mainh.htm&cp= 7 Years 26. Missouri http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutesearch/ 9% 10 Years 27. Montana http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/index.htm 10% 10 Years 28. Nebraska ht tp://law.justia.com/nebraska/codes/ 2.056% 20 Years 29. Nevada http://leg.state.nv.us/NRS/Index.cfm 5.25% 6 Years 30. New Hampshire http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/nhtoc.htm 2% 20 Years 31. New Jersey http://www.njlawnet.com/njstatutes.html .5% 20 Years 32. New Mexico http://www.conwaygreene.com/nmsu/lpext.dllf=templates& fn=mah.htm&2.0 8.75% 14 Years 33. New York http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/nycodes/index.html 9% 20 Years 34. North Carolina http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/Statutes/ StatutesTOC.pl 8% 10 Years 35. North Dakota http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/statutes/centcode. html 6.5% 10 Years 36. Ohio http://codes.ohio.gov/orc 3% 21 Years 37. Oklahoma http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/index.aspftdb= STOKST&level=1 5.25% compounded 5 Years 38. Oregon http://landru.leg.state.or.us/ors/ 9% 10 Years 39. Pennsylvania http://www.pacode.com/secure/browse.asp 6% 5 Years 40. Rhode Island http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/Statutes.html 12% 20 Years 41. South Carolina http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.htm 7.25% compounded 10 Years 42. South Dakota http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/TitleList.aspx 10% 20 Years 43. Tennessee http://www.michie.com/tennessee/lpext.dllf=templates&fn =maih.htm&cp=tncode 10% 100 Years 44. Texas http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/ 5% compounded 10 Years 45. Utah http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/code.htm 2.12% 8 Years 46. Vermont http://www.megalaw.com/vt/vtcode.php 12% 8 Years 47. Virginia http://leg1.state.va.us/cgibin/legp504.exe000+cod+TOC 6% 10 Years 48. Washington http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/ 12% 10 Years 49. West Virginia http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/masterfrm3Banner. cfm 7% 10 Years 50. Wisconsin http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/Statutes.html 4.25% 20 Years 51. Wyoming http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx 10% 5 Years You may also be interested in checking out the statutes of limitations for judgments in the various states. You can read them in this post by clicking on this link: http://www.enforcementinstitute.com/?p=371