29-1-141 - Interest on unpaid sums. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 29-1-141. Interest on unpaid sums.
 

All due but unpaid and delinquent sums shall bear interest at the rate of one half of one percent (1%) a month from the month in which due until paid, and a fractional month shall be considered a month. Any amount not reported and paid when due shall be increased by a penalty of ten percent (10%) and interest on the principal, as in other cases of nonpayment. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4078-09; Laws,  1950, ch. 560, § 10.