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§ 16-65-103. Computation of amount of judgment

In all judgments or decrees rendered by any court of justice for any debt, damages, or costs, and on all executions issued thereon, the amount shall be computed, as near as may be, in dollars and cents, rejecting smaller fractions. No judgment or other proceeding shall be considered erroneous for such an omission.

§ 16-65-104. Computation of special damages

(a) Where special damages are given by statute and it appears, by the verdict of the jury, or other decision of the action, that the special damages are due and recoverable by one of the parties against the other, the court shall render judgment for that party. (b) If, in ascertaining the amount of the […]

§ 16-65-105. Excess of setoff over claim

(a) If a setoff established at the trial exceeds the plaintiff’s claim so established, judgment for the defendant must be given for the excess. (b) If it appears that the defendant is entitled to any other affirmative relief, judgment shall be given therefor.

§ 16-65-106. Reservation of infant’s right to show cause against judgment

It shall not be necessary to reserve, in a judgment or order, the right of an infant to show cause against the judgment or order after his or her attaining full age. However, in any case in which, but for this section, such a reservation would have been proper, the infant, within twelve (12) months […]

§ 16-65-107. Recital of notice

In all cases where it appears from a recital in the records of any court that actual or constructive notice was given, it shall be evidence of that fact.

§ 16-65-109. Entry of judgment

(a) When a trial by a jury has been had, judgment must be entered by the clerk in conformity with the verdict, unless it is special or the court orders the case to be reserved for future argument or consideration. (b) When the verdict is special, where there has been a special finding upon particular […]

§ 16-65-110. Judgments by default

(a) Judgments by default rendered by the circuit courts may be recorded in a separate book for that purpose. (b) The orders showing the rendition of these judgments by default shall be signed by the circuit judge.

§ 16-65-111. Death of party

(a) If, after a verdict is rendered in any action, either party dies before judgment is actually entered thereon, the court may at any time during the term at which the verdict was rendered enter final judgment in the names of the original parties. (b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed […]

§ 16-65-113. Entry into judgment book — Index

(a) The clerk must keep among the records of the court a book to be called the judgment book. (b) The entry in the judgment book must show the names of the plaintiff and defendant and, if more than one (1), then of the first-named of each in the pleadings with the words “and others”, […]

§ 16-65-114. Interest on judgments

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, a judgment entered by a court shall bear post-judgment interest and, if appropriate under the facts of the case, prejudgment interest: (A) In an action on a contract at the rate provided by the contract or at a rate equal to the Federal Reserve […]

§ 16-65-115. Passage of title by decree

(a) In all cases where the court may decree the conveyance of real estate or the delivery of personal property, it may by decree pass the title of the property, without any act to be done on the part of the defendant, when it shall be proper, and may issue a writ of possession, if […]

§ 16-65-116. Recordation of decree of conveyance required

(a) In all cases where a circuit court shall decree a conveyance of real estate or that real estate pass, the party in whose favor the decree is made shall cause a copy thereof to be recorded in the recorder’s office of the county in which the lands to be conveyed lie, within one (1) […]

§ 16-65-117. Judgment as lien on land

(a) (1) (A) A judgment in the Supreme Court or circuit courts of this state, and in the United States district courts or United States bankruptcy courts within this state, shall be a lien on the real estate owned by the defendant in the county in which the judgment was rendered from the date of […]

§ 16-65-118. Liens of officers and attorneys

(a) When any judgment is recovered in a court of record by or in favor of any party, all officers who in pursuance of law and attorneys who upon contract expressed or implied have rendered service for or in behalf of the party in the action or proceedings in or upon which the judgment was […]