Texas Finance Code Title 4, Chapter 304 - Judgment Interest

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 304.001 - Interest Rate Required In Judgment
  A money judgment of a court in this state must specify the postjudgment interest rate applicable to that judgment. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 304.002 - Judgment Interest Rate: Interest Rate Or Time Price Differential In Contract
  A money judgment of a court of this state on a contract that provides for interest or time price differential earns postjudgment interest at a...
• Texas Section 304.003 - Judgment Interest Rate: Interest Rate Or Time Price Differential Not In Contract
  (a) A money judgment of a court of this state to which Section 304.002 does not apply, including court costs awarded in the judgment and...
• Texas Section 304.004 - Publication Of Judgment Interest Rate
  The consumer credit commissioner shall send to the secretary of state the postjudgment interest rate for publication, and the secretary shall publish the rate in...
• Texas Section 304.005 - Accrual Of Judgment Interest
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), postjudgment interest on a money judgment of a court in this state accrues during the period beginning on...
• Texas Section 304.006 - Compounding Of Judgment Interest
  Postjudgment interest on a judgment of a court in this state compounds annually. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.18(a), eff. Sept....

SUBCHAPTER B PREJUDGMENT INTEREST IN WRONGFUL DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE CASE

• Texas Section 304.007 - Judicial Notice Of Judgment Interest Rate
  A court of this state shall take judicial notice of a published postjudgment interest rate. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.18(a),...
• Texas Section 304.101 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies only to a wrongful death, personal injury, or property damage case of a court of this state. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th...
• Texas Section 304.102 - Prejudgment Interest Required In Certain Cases
  A judgment in a wrongful death, personal injury, or property damage case earns prejudgment interest. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.18(a),...
• Texas Section 304.103 - Prejudgment Interest Rate For Wrongful Death, Personal Injury, Or Property Damage Case
  The prejudgment interest rate is equal to the postjudgment interest rate applicable at the time of judgment. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62,...
• Texas Section 304.104 - Accrual Of Prejudgment Interest
  Except as provided by Section 304.105 or 304.108, prejudgment interest accrues on the amount of a judgment during the period beginning on the earlier of...
• Texas Section 304.1045 - Future Damages
  Prejudgment interest may not be assessed or recovered on an award of future damages. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 6.02, eff....
• Texas Section 304.105 - Effect Of Settlement Offer On Accrual Of Prejudgment Interest
  (a) If judgment for a claimant is equal to or less than the amount of a settlement offer of the defendant, prejudgment interest does not...
• Texas Section 304.106 - Settlement Offer Requirements To Prevent Prejudgment Interest Accrual
  To prevent the accrual of prejudgment interest under this subchapter, a settlement offer must be in writing and delivered to the claimant or the claimant's...

SUBCHAPTER C OTHER PREJUDGMENT INTEREST PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 304.107 - Value Of Settlement Offer For Computing Prejudgment Interest
  If a settlement offer does not provide for cash payment at the time of settlement, the amount of the settlement offer for the purpose of...

SUBCHAPTER D EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICATION OF CHAPTER

• Texas Section 304.201 - Prejudgment Interest Rate For Condemnation Case
  The prejudgment interest rate in a condemnation case is equal to the postjudgment interest rate at the time of judgment and is computed as simple...
• Texas Section 304.301 - Exception For Delinquent Taxes
  This chapter does not apply to a judgment: (1) in favor of a taxing unit in a delinquent tax suit under Subchapter C, Chapter 33,...
• Texas Section 304.302 - Exception For Delinquent Child Support
  This chapter does not apply to interest that accrues on an amount of unpaid child support under Section 157.265, Family Code. Amended by Acts 1999,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016