The following excerpt is from S. Inyo Healthcare Dist. v. Optum Bank, Inc. (In re S. Inyo Healthcare Dist.), 612 B.R. 750 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2020):
Section 32130.2(c) limits the maximum annual interest rate paid on a promissory note; the interest rate "shall at no time exceed the amount authorized under Section 53531 of the Government Code." Section 53531 limits the interest rate to 12% per annum. Burks v. Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency , 156 Cal.App.3d 1013, 1016, 203 Cal.Rptr. 368 (1984) (describing the rate in 53531 as a "ceiling").
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