{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-970.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 970.1","heading":"","body":"(a) A judgment is enforceable until 10 years after the time the judgment becomes final or, if the judgment is payable in installments, until 10 years after the final installment becomes due.\n(b) A judgment, whether or not final, is not enforceable under Title 9 (commencing with Section 680.010) of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure but is enforceable under this article after it becomes final.\n(c) Unless another statute provides a different interest rate, interest on a tax or fee judgment against a local public entity shall accrue at a rate equal to the weekly average one year constant maturity United States Treasury yield at the time of the judgment plus 2 percent, but shall not exceed 7 percent per annum.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [810. - 998.3.]","PART 5. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS [965. - 985.]","CHAPTER 2. Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities [970. - 978.8.]","ARTICLE 1. General [970. - 971.2.]"],"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":"8cb8e349eb80a32f8353c28489afa1bff1103eedb044d6f6b859a7995f1a24a2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-970","next":"us-ca/gov-970.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}