HB524 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Paul Beckman
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Kurt Wallace Rod Scott Merika Coleman Allen Farley
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Money judgments, bear interest from date of the cause of action, Sec. 8-8-10 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, post-judgment interest on money judgments, if based upon a contract action, bear interest from the day of the cause of action at the same rate of interest as stated in the contract.
This bill would provide that money judgments would bear interest from the date of the cause of action.
Subjects: Civil Procedure

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary