Nothing in this chapter affects the law relating to prejudgment interest.
§ 685.110.Law of Prejudgment Interest Not Affected
Title 9. Enforcement of Judgments · Division 1 · Chapter 5. Interest and Costs · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 685.110 states that nothing in this chapter affects the law governing prejudgment interest, keeping the rules for interest that accrues before a judgment is entered entirely separate from the post-judgment interest provisions this chapter sets out.
Full Text of § 685.110
Plain-English Summary
This chapter's interest provisions -- the 10 (or 5) percent rate in § 685.010, the accrual-start rule in § 685.020, and the cessation rule in § 685.030 -- all govern interest on a judgment after it's entered. This closing section makes sure none of that reaches backward to touch prejudgment interest, which is governed by an entirely separate body of law covering interest that accrues on a claim before judgment is ever entered.
Keeping the two separate avoids any argument that this chapter's post-judgment rate, or its accrual and cessation rules, were meant to override or modify how prejudgment interest works — a question this chapter doesn't address one way or the other.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this chapter change how prejudgment interest is calculated?
No. Section 685.110 states that nothing in this chapter affects the law relating to prejudgment interest.
What kind of interest does this chapter govern?
Post-judgment interest -- interest that accrues on a money judgment after it has been entered, under §§ 685.010 through 685.030.
Where would someone look for the rules on prejudgment interest instead?
To the separate body of law governing interest that accrues on a claim before judgment is entered, which this chapter leaves untouched.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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