{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-3289","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 3289","heading":"","body":"(a) Any legal rate of interest stipulated by a contract remains chargeable after a breach thereof, as before, until the contract is superseded by a verdict or other new obligation.\n(b) If a contract entered into after January 1, 1986, does not stipulate a legal rate of interest, the obligation shall bear interest at a rate of 10 percent per annum after a breach.\nFor the purposes of this subdivision, the term contract shall not include a note secured by a deed of trust on real property.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","PART 1. RELIEF [3274. - 3428.]","TITLE 2. COMPENSATORY RELIEF [3281. - 3361.]","CHAPTER 1. Damages in General [3281. - 3296.]","ARTICLE 2. Interest as Damages [3287. - 3291.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"4a84e0ac543eb30573dc9775e2c4984cf376be4e40b49770b8d4ac71d4c52136","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-3288","next":"us-ca/civ-3289.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}