CALIFORNIA
Interest
Rate
Legal: 10%
Judgment: 10% (Unless otherwise contracted)
Statute
of Limitation (in Years)
Open Account: Reduced to writing -4
Open Account: No writing - 2
Written Contract: 4
Domestic Judgment: 10 (renewable at 10)
Foreign Judgment: 10 (commencing with judgment debtor's commencement of
CA residence)
Bad
Check Laws (Civil Penalty)
Amount of check due plus a $25 service charge for the first check and
$35 per check for each subsequent check. Treble damages shall not be less
than $100 and no more than maximum $1,500.
STATE LINKS
State
Home Page
Secretary
of State
Attorney
General
Law
Library
Judicial
System
Federal
Courts
State
Courts
State
Statutes
State
Cases
State
Legislature
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