## Kansas interest rules

This source-backed guide covers US-KS interest authority (K.S.A. § 16-204, § 16-201). It certifies only the quoted source-backed rules below; related interest categories remain outside this page unless they are expressly listed in the receipt.

## K.S.A. § 16-204, § 16-201

US-KS interest controlling authority under K.S.A. § 16-204, § 16-201.

> **16-204.** nts rendered prior to such July 1 and judgments rendered during the twelve-month period beginning such July 1; and (B) which is equal to an amount that is four percentage points above the discount rate (the charge on loans to depository institutions by the New York federal reserve bank as reported in the money rates column of the Wall Street Journal) as of July 1 preceding the date the judgment was rendered. The secretary of state shall publish notice of the interest rate provided by this subsection (e) (1) not lat

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## Sources

- [16-204 — K.S.A. § 16-204, § 16-201](https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch16/016_002_0004.html)

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DocketMath’s Judgment Interest Calculator (Kansas) is designed to help you estimate simple interest on a money judgment for Kansas by computing:

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ERISA does not specify a prejudgment interest rate; courts have discretion to set the rate.

Creditors shall be allowed to receive interest at the rate of ten percent per annum, when no other rate of interest is agreed upon...

K.S.A. 16-204(e)(1): On and after July 1, 1996, the rate of interest on judgments rendered by courts of this state shall be at a rate per annum equal to an amount that is four percentage points above the discount rate (the charge on loans to depository institutions by the New York federal reserve bank) as of July 1 preceding the date of judgment. The secretary of state shall publish such rate annually.

Limited actions judgments under K.S.A. chapter 61 bear interest at twelve percent per annum.

Child support judgments are presumed to accrue interest at the rate of ten percent per annum.

Creditors shall be allowed to receive interest at the rate of ten percent 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; for money received for the use of another and retained without the owner's knowledge of the receipt; for money due and withheld by an unreasonable and vexatious delay of payment or settlement of accounts; for all other money due and to become due for the forbearance of payment whereof an express promise to pay interest has been made; and for money due from corporations and individuals to their daily or monthly employees, from and after the end of each month, unless paid within fifteen days thereafter.

For civil tort actions filed on or after July 1, 2023 under chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, prejudgment interest is at a rate per annum that is two percentage points below the rate per annum specified in K.S.A. 16-204(e)(1).

Upon termination of the tenancy, any security deposit held by the landlord may be applied to the payment of accrued rent and the amount of damages which the landlord has suffered by reason of the tenant's noncompliance with the rental agreement or K.S.A. 58-2555. K.S.A. 58-2550 contains no provision requiring a landlord to pay interest on a security deposit.

interest in US-KS is governed by K.S.A. § 16-204, § 16-201.