CPLR § 5003

Interest upon judgment

§ 5003. Interest upon judgment. Every money judgment shall bear interest from the date of its entry. Every order directing the payment of money which has been docketed as a judgment shall bear interest from the date of such docketing.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/5003

In plain English

Every money judgment bears interest from the date of its entry. ★ An order directing payment of money that's been docketed as a judgment bears interest from the date of docketing.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.