Indiana Code 34-22-1-10. Surety’s recovery of interest on debt paid
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-22-1-10
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Sec. 10. When a surety on a bill, note, bond, or other instrument in writing, is compelled to pay the debt or obligation of the principal debtor, the surety shall recover the rate of interest on the amount paid by the surety for the principal, as was originally provided for in the bill, note, bond, or other instrument in writing, held against the principal debtor. The judgment given to the surety bears the same rate of interest, not exceeding ten percent (10%) per year.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-55-10.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.17.