Rule 3.1802.Inclusion of interest in judgment

An award of interest does not sit outside the judgment as a separate calculation to be sorted out afterward. Rule 3.1802 requires the clerk to build any interest the court has awarded directly into the judgment itself, so the judgment reflects the full amount owed, principal and interest together, from the moment it is entered.

The rule is brief because its job is narrow: it is a clerical directive, not a rule about when or how much interest a court may award. Those substantive questions are answered elsewhere; Rule 3.1802 only makes sure that once a court has decided on an interest award, the clerk carries it through into the judgment document without a separate step or a later amendment.