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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76041</law_id><section_number>6.2-2200</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-200</reference><reference>6.2-1500</reference><reference>6.2-1501</reference><reference>6.2-1507</reference><reference>6.2-1801</reference><reference>6.2-1816</reference><reference>6.2-1820</reference><reference>6.2-303</reference><reference>6.2-312</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Other Regulated Providers of Financial Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Motor Vehicle Title Loans</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Affiliate</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> related to a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> by common ownership or control, or any employee or agent of a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Annual percentage rate</span>&#x201D; has the same meaning as in the federal Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA0;1601 et seq.) and its implementing regulations, as they may be amended from time to time. All fees and charges payable directly or indirectly by a borrower to a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> as a condition to a loan, including <span class="dictionary">interest</span> and the monthly maintenance fees authorized under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Authorized fees and charges" href="/6.2-2216/">6.2-2216</a>, shall be included in the computation of the <span class="dictionary">annual percentage rate</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Bond</span>&#x201D; includes any form of financial instrument that provides security equivalent to that provided by a <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, such as an irrevocable letter of credit, if its use in lieu of a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> is authorized pursuant to regulations adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Interest</span>&#x201D; means all charges payable directly or indirectly by a borrower to a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> as a condition to a loan, including fees, service charges, and renewal charges, and any ancillary product sold in connection with a loan, but does not include the monthly maintenance fees, deposit item return fees, late charges, or reasonable costs of repossession and sale authorized under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Authorized fees and charges" href="/6.2-2216/">6.2-2216</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Licensee</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom a license has been issued under this chapter.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Loan amount</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> amount of a loan exclusive of fees or charges.
		&#x201C;Motor vehicle&#x201D; means an automobile, motorcycle, mobile home, truck, van, or other vehicle operated on public highways and streets.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Motor vehicle title loan</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;title loan&#x201D; means a loan secured by a non-purchase money security <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in a motor vehicle.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Motor vehicle title loan</span> agreement</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;loan agreement&#x201D; means a written document that sets out the terms and conditions under which a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> agrees to make a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle title loan</span> to a borrower, and the borrower agrees to give to the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> a security <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in a motor vehicle owned by the borrower to secure repayment of the <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle title loan</span> and performance of the other obligations under the loan agreement.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, or other legal or commercial <span class="dictionary">entity</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Principal</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who, directly or indirectly, owns or controls (i) 10 percent or more of the outstanding stock of a stock corporation or (ii) a 10 percent or greater <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in any other type of <span class="dictionary">entity</span>.</p></section></text><history>2010, c. 477, &#xA7; 6.1-480; 2020, cc. 1215, 1258.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
