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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 7 - Banking and Finance » Chapter 4 - Interest and Usury » Article 1 - In General » § 7-4-9. Back Interest May Be Stipulated in Contract and Recovered

Interest from date, if the debt is not punctually paid at maturity, may be recovered when so stipulated in the contract, provided interest has not already been included in the principal amount.

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2025; Code 1868, § 2026; Code 1873, § 2052; Code 1882, § 2052; Civil Code 1895, § 2879; Civil Code 1910, § 3429; Code 1933, § 57-105.

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For article on Georgia’s usury laws and interest on interest, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 291 (1992).