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“Except as otherwise provided by law, the maximum rate of interest upon the loan or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action, except by written contract is $6 upon $100 for one year, and the rate of interest by written contract is not to exceed $8 upon $100 for one year [...]”

“(a) The rate of interest in the state is 10.5 percent a year and no more on money after it is due [...] (b) Interest may not be charged [...] more than the greater of 10 percent or five percentage points above the annual rate charged member banks for advances by the 12th Federal Reserve District [...] A contract or loan commitment in which the principal amount exceeds $25,000 is exempt from the limitation of this subsection.”

“For any loan, indebtedness or obligation other than medical debt, interest shall be at the rate of ten percent a year, unless a different rate is contracted for in writing, in which event any rate of interest may be agreed to.”

“The maximum lawful rate of interest on loans or contracts not described in Sections 1 and 2 shall not exceed seventeen percent (17%) per annum. [...] All contracts under Section 3 having a rate of interest in excess of the maximum lawful rate shall be void as to principal and interest”

“(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.”

“When there is no agreement as to the rate thereof, creditors shall be allowed to receive interest at the rate of eight percent per annum compounded annually for all moneys after they become due on any bill, bond, promissory note, or other instrument of writing [...] but not exceeding forty-five percent per annum”

“Except as provided in sections 37-3b, 37-3c and 52-192a, interest at the rate of ten per cent a year, and no more, may be recovered and allowed in civil actions or arbitration proceedings under chapter 909, including actions to recover money loaned at a greater rate, as damages for the detention of money after it becomes payable.”

“Any lender may charge and collect from a borrower interest at any rate agreed upon in writing not in excess of 5% over the Federal Reserve discount rate including any surcharge thereon. Where there is no expressed contract rate, the legal rate of interest shall be 5% over the Federal Reserve discount rate [...] as of the time from which interest is due”

“The rate of interest in the District upon the loan or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action in the absence of expressed contract, is 6% per annum.”

“All contracts for the payment of interest [...] at a higher rate of interest than the equivalent of 18 percent per annum simple interest are hereby declared usurious. However, if such loan [...] or obligation exceeds $500,000 in amount or value, then no contract to pay interest thereon is usurious unless the rate of interest exceeds the rate prescribed in s. 687.071.”

“(a)(1)(A) The legal rate of interest shall be 7 percent per annum simple interest where the rate percent is not established by written contract. Notwithstanding the provisions of other laws to the contrary . . . the parties may establish by written contract any rate of interest, expressed in simple interest terms . . . where the principal amount involved is more than $3,000.00 but less than $250,000.00 . . . . (B) Where the principal amount is $250,000.00 or more, . . . the parties may establish by written contract any rate of interest, expressed in simple interest terms or otherwise, and charges to be paid by the borrower or debtor.”

“When there is no express written contract fixing a different rate of interest, interest shall be allowed at the rate of ten per cent a year [...] With respect to any transaction other than a consumer credit transaction, a home business loan, or a credit card agreement, it shall be lawful to stipulate by written contract for any rate of interest not otherwise prohibited by law.”

“(1) When there is no express contract in writing fixing a different rate of interest, interest is allowed at the rate of twelve cents (12¢) on the hundred by the year on: [...] 2. Money after the same becomes due. [...] 6. Money due upon open accounts after three (3) months from the date of the last item.”

“Creditors shall be allowed to receive at the rate of five (5) per centum per annum for all moneys after they become due on any bond, bill, promissory note, or other instrument of writing; on money lent or advanced for the use of another; [...] and on money withheld by an unreasonable and vexatious delay of payment.”

“Sec. 102. When the parties do not agree on the rate, interest on loans or forbearances of money, goods or things in action shall be at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum until payment of judgment.”

“Except as provided in subsection 2, the rate of interest shall be five cents on the hundred by the year in the following cases, unless the parties shall agree in writing [...] The following persons may agree in writing to pay any rate of interest [...] (5) A person borrowing money or obtaining credit for business or agricultural purposes”

“Except as provided in subsection (b), creditors shall be allowed to receive interest at the rate of 10% per annum when no other rate of interest is agreed upon, for any money after it becomes due; for money lent or money due on settlement of account, from the day of liquidating the account and ascertaining the balance [...]”

“the legal rate of interest is eight percent (8%) per annum, but any party or parties may agree, in writing, for the payment of interest in excess of that rate as follows: (a) At a per annum rate not to exceed four percent (4%) in excess of the discount rate on ninety (90) day commercial paper [...] or nineteen percent (19%), whichever is less, [...] where the original principal amount is fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or less; and (b) At any rate [...]”

“[...] The commissioner of financial institutions shall ascertain, on the first business day of October of each year, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors approved "discount rate" published daily in the Wall Street Journal. The effective judicial interest rate for the calendar year following the calculation date shall be three and one-quarter percentage points above the discount rate as ascertained by the commissioner.”

“prejudgment interest is allowed at the one-year United States Treasury bill rate plus 3%. [...] the weekly average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the last full week of the calendar year immediately prior to the year in which prejudgment interest begins to accrue.”

“The Legal Rate of Interest shall be Six per cent per annum, unless otherwise provided by the General Assembly.”

“If there is no agreement or provision of law for a different rate, the interest of money shall be at the rate of six dollars on each hundred for a year, but, except as provided in sections seventy-eight, ninety, ninety-two, ninety-six and one hundred of chapter one hundred and forty, it shall be lawful to pay, reserve or contract for any rate of interest or discount. No greater rate than that before mentioned shall be recovered in a suit unless the agreement to pay it is in writing.”

“The interest of money shall be at the rate of $5.00 upon $100.00 for a year, [...] except that in all cases it shall be lawful for the parties to stipulate in writing for the payment of any rate of interest, not exceeding 7% per annum.”

“The interest for any legal indebtedness shall be at the rate of $6 upon $100 for a year, unless a different rate is contracted for in writing. No person shall directly or indirectly take or receive [...] any greater sum, or any greater value, for the loan or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action, than $8 on $100 for one year.”

“(1) The legal rate of interest on all notes, accounts and contracts shall be eight percent (8%) per annum [...] (5) [...] any borrower or debtor may contract for and agree to pay [...] any finance charge agreed to in writing by the parties [...] under which the principal balance to be repaid originally exceeds Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00)”

“Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, it is lawful for the parties to agree in writing to any rate of interest, fees, and other terms and conditions in connection with any: (1) Loan to a corporation, general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company; (2) Extension of credit primarily for agricultural, business, or commercial purposes;”

“Parties may agree in writing to the payment of any rate of interest that does not exceed the greater of 15% or an amount that is 6 percentage points per year above the prime rate published by the federal reserve system in its statistical release H.15 [...] dated 3 business days prior to the execution of the agreement.”

“Unless otherwise agreed, interest shall be allowed at the rate of twelve percent per annum on money due on any instrument in writing, or on settlement of the account [...] Unless otherwise agreed or provided by law, each charge with respect to unsettled accounts between parties shall bear interest from the date of billing unless paid within thirty days from the date of billing.”

“[...] interest must be allowed at a rate equal to the prime rate at the largest bank in Nevada [...] plus 2 percent, upon all money from the time it becomes due [...] parties may agree for the payment of any rate of interest on money due or to become due on any contract [...]”

“I. The annual rate of interest in all business transactions in which interest is paid or secured, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing, shall equal 10 percent. No consumer credit transaction, as defined in RSA 358-K:1, V, shall be subject to this paragraph. If agreed upon in writing, interest on business transactions may include charging other than simple interest.”

“(a) Post Judgment Interest. Except as otherwise ordered by the court or provided by law, judgments, awards and orders for the payment of money, taxed costs and attorney's fees shall bear simple interest as follows: [...] (ii) For judgments not exceeding the monetary limit of the Special Civil Part at the time of entry, regardless of the court in which the action was filed: commencing January 2, 1986 and for each calendar year thereafter, the annual rate of interest shall equal the average rate of return, to the nearest whole or one-half percent, for the corresponding preceding fiscal year terminating on June 30, of the State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund (State accounts) as reported by the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury, but the rate shall be not less than 0.25%. (iii) For judgments exceeding the monetary limit of the Special Civil Part at the time of entry: in the manner provided for in subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Rule until September 1, 1996; thereafter, at the rate provided in subparagraph (a)(ii) plus 2% per annum.”

“No provision of law prescribing maximum rates of interest that may be charged in any transaction shall apply to a transaction in which a corporation, limited liability corporation or other business entity is a debtor, regardless of the purpose for which the corporation was formed [...]”

“Interest shall be at the rate of nine per centum per annum, except where otherwise provided by statute; provided the annual rate of interest to be paid in an action arising out of a consumer debt where a natural person is a defendant shall be two per centum per annum [...]”

“§ 24-1: [...] the legal rate of interest shall be eight percent (8%) per annum [...] and no more. § 24-9(b): [...] any borrower in an exempt loan transaction may agree to pay, and any lender [...] may charge and collect [...] interest at any rate [...]. A claim or defense of usury is prohibited in an exempt loan transaction.”

“Interest for any legal indebtedness must be at the rate of six percent per annum unless a different rate not to exceed the rate specified in section 47-14-09 is contracted for in writing. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, all contracts must bear the same rate of interest after maturity as they bear before maturity.”

“when money becomes due and payable upon any bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing, upon any book account, [...] the creditor is entitled to interest at the rate per annum determined pursuant to section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, unless a written contract provides a different rate of interest”

“[...] in the absence of legislation fixing maximum rates of interest, all contracts for a greater rate of interest than ten percent(10%) per annum shall be deemed usurious; provided, further, that in contracts where no rate of interest is agreed upon, the rate shall not exceed six percent (6%) per annum.”

“[...] is nine percent per annum and is payable on: (a) All moneys after they become due; but open accounts bear interest from the date of the last item thereof. [...] no person shall: (a) Make a business or agricultural loan of $50,000 or less at an annual rate of interest exceeding the greater of 12 percent [...]”

“the maximum lawful rate of interest for the loan or use of money in an amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or less in all cases where no express contract shall have been made for a less rate shall be six per cent per annum. [...] shall not apply to: [...] (3) business loans of any principal amount.”

“Post judgment interest on any judgment, and interest in all business transactions where interest is secured or paid, shall be computed at the rate of twelve dollars ($12.00) on one hundred dollars ($100) for one year, unless a different rate is expressly stipulated.”

“In all cases of accounts stated and in all cases wherein any sum or sums of money shall be ascertained and, being due, shall draw interest according to law, the legal interest shall be at the rate of eight and three-fourths percent per annum.”

“Unless there is an express contract in writing fixing a different rate or the interest rate clearly appears on the bill, statement, or invoice, interest is payable on all moneys at the Category F rate of interest as established in § 54-3-16 after they become due [...] Any interest rate appearing on a bill, statement, or invoice may not exceed eighteen percent.”

“Except as otherwise expressly provided by this chapter or by other statutes, the maximum effective rates of interest are as follows: [...] (2) For all written contracts [...] signed by the party to be charged, and not subject to subdivision (1), the applicable formula rate; and (3) For all other transactions, ten percent (10%) per annum.”

“If a creditor has not agreed with an obligor to charge the obligor any interest, the creditor may charge and receive from the obligor legal interest at the rate of six percent a year on the principal amount of the credit extended beginning on the 30th day after the date on which the amount is due.”

“(1) The parties to a lawful written, verbal, or implied contract may agree upon any rate of interest for the contract [...] (2) Unless the parties to a lawful written, verbal, or implied contract expressly specify a different rate of interest, the legal rate of interest for the contract [...] is 10% per annum.”

“Except as specifically provided by law, the rate of interest or the sum allowed for forbearance or use of money shall be 12 percent per annum computed by the actuarial method.”

“The legal rate of interest shall be an annual rate of six percent. [...] The seller or provider of goods sold or services provided on an open account shall be entitled to, and may collect, interest at the legal rate upon the unpaid balance if [...] the purchaser [...] fails to make payment in full within 60 days [...]. Such interest shall begin to accrue on the day following such 60-day period.”

“(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every loan or forbearance of money, goods, or thing in action shall bear interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum where no different rate is agreed to in writing between the parties [...]”

“Except in cases where it is otherwise specially provided by law, legal interest shall continue to be at the rate of $6 upon $100 for a year, and proportionately for a greater or less sum, or for a longer or shorter time, and no person upon any contract other than a contract in writing shall take for the loan or forbearance of money, or other thing, above the value of such rate [...] Parties may contract in writing for the payment of interest for the loan or forbearance of money at a rate not to exceed $8 upon $100 for a year, and proportionately for a greater or less sum, or for a longer or shorter time, including points expressed as a percentage of the loan divided by the number of years of the loan contract.”

“The rate of interest upon the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action shall be $5 upon the $100 for one year [...] This section does not apply to any loan or forbearance which is made on or after November 1, 1981 [...] except [...] forbearances occurring primarily for personal, family or household purposes [...]”

“(e) If there is no agreement or provision of law for a different rate, the interest of money shall be at the rate of seven percent (7%) per annum.”