46 USC § 31107 - Interest

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title: "46 USC § 31107 - Interest"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "31107"
section_name: "Interest"
chapter_number: 311
chapter_name: "SUITS INVOLVING PUBLIC VESSELS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1522.)"
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# § 31107. Interest

A judgment in a civil action under this chapter may not include interest for the period before the judgment is issued unless the claim is based on a contract providing for interest.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1522.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 31107 | 46 App.:782 (last sentence words after last comma). | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, § 2 (last sentence words after last comma), 43 Stat. 1112. |