Utah Late Fee Calculator
Work out interest on an overdue B2B invoice under Utah law. The legal default rate — what applies when the contract is silent — is 10%, and the statute is quoted verbatim below. All math runs locally in your browser.
Legal rate for contracts (including services and breach claims) unless the parties specify otherwise.
Late fee breakdown
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- Total (invoice + interest)
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Still unpaid? Generate a formal demand letter — it computes the interest and cites Utah's statute (Utah Code § 15-1-1) for you.
What Utah law actually says
(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.
Quoted verbatim from the linked official source — not our paraphrase. How we source and re-check every row is documented in the data methodology.
Maximum late fee in Utah — written B2B contracts
No statutory cap
No usury ceiling: parties to a lawful contract may agree on any rate. The 10% figure is only a default when no rate is set.
Basis: Utah Code § 15-1-1(1). Compare all 51 jurisdictions on the full state table and the cap-regime map.
B2B invoices only — not rent, not consumer debt
Everything on this page is about business-to-business invoices. Residential rent late fees live in Utah's landlord-tenant law and consumer credit has separate, stricter rules — two different bodies of law. The distinction is explained in B2B invoice late fees vs. residential rent.
Use this data
Utah's row — rate, cap, citation, verbatim quote, verification date — is part of our open 51-jurisdiction dataset: CSV · JSON (CC BY 4.0, cite myinvoicetemplate.com). Set late-fee terms on your next invoice with the free invoice generator, or state them clearly using the wording guidance in the payment terms guide.
Utah late fee FAQ
Can I charge late fees on overdue invoices in Utah?
Yes — on business-to-business invoices. If your contract or invoice states a late-fee rate, that rate governs (subject to the cap rules below). If nothing was agreed: 10%. Legal rate for contracts (including services and breach claims) unless the parties specify otherwise. Statute: Utah Code § 15-1-1, verified 2026-08-19. Consumer and rent debts follow separate laws.
What is the maximum late fee I can charge in Utah?
For a written B2B contract: No cap — parties to a lawful contract may agree on any rate. Basis: Utah Code § 15-1-1(1). The full cap analysis is in the section above; this covers business-to-business deals only — consumer credit has stricter separate caps.
What interest applies if my contract doesn't mention late fees in Utah?
The statutory default rate of 10%. Legal rate for contracts (including services and breach claims) unless the parties specify otherwise. Statute: Utah Code § 15-1-1 (verbatim quote on this page, verified 2026-08-19).
Does this cover rent, apartment, or consumer late fees in Utah?
No. This page covers business-to-business invoices only. Residential rent late fees are governed by Utah's landlord-tenant law, and consumer credit for personal, family, or household purposes has its own stricter caps and disclosure rules. Those are different statutes than the commercial-interest law cited here.
Where does this data come from, and when was it verified?
Every figure on this page comes from our 51-jurisdiction dataset: each row researched against the controlling statute or the state's official current-rate page, independently re-checked, and stamped with its own verification date — Utah's row was last verified 2026-08-19. The operative legal text is quoted verbatim on this page with a link to the official source, the methodology is public, every verification pass is logged in the changelog, and the full dataset is downloadable (CC BY 4.0).
Not legal advice. This page summarizes Utah's commercial-interest statute for general information, with the verification date shown above — it tells you when we last confirmed the figures, not that they are still current today. Statutes change and courts interpret them; verify the cited statute at the official source, or ask a licensed attorney in your state, before charging or demanding interest.