Accrual of interest on rent owed

O.C.G.A. § 44-7-16, under IN GENERAL.

O.C.G.A. § 44-7-16

All contracts for rent shall bear interest from the time the rent is due. (Laws 1811, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 901; Code 1863, § 2269; Code 1868, § 2262; Code 1873, § 2288; Code 1882, § 2288; Civil Code 1895, § 3128; Civil Code 1910, § 3704; Code 1933, § 61-114; Ga. L. 1946, p. 761, § 1.)