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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86825</law_id><section_number>6.2-2216</section_number><catch_line>Authorized fees and charges</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-2200</reference><reference>6.2-2215</reference><reference>6.2-2216.1</reference><reference>6.2-2216.4</reference><reference>6.2-2217</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> may charge, collect, and receive only the following fees and charges in connection with a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle title loan</span>, provided such fees and charges are set forth in the written loan <span class="dictionary">contract</span> described in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Loan terms and conditions" href="/6.2-2215.1/">6.2-2215.1</a>: <a id="paragraph-310890" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Interest</span> at a simple annual rate not to exceed 36 percent; <a id="paragraph-310891" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Subject to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Inflation adjustment of maximum monthly maintenance fee" href="/6.2-2216.1/">6.2-2216.1</a>, a monthly maintenance fee that does not exceed the lesser of eight percent of the originally contracted <span class="dictionary">loan amount</span> or $15, provided the fee is not added to the loan balance on which <span class="dictionary">interest</span> is charged; <a id="paragraph-310892" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any deposit item return fee incurred by the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, not to exceed $25, if a borrower&#x2019;s check or electronic draft is returned because the account on which it was drawn was closed by the borrower or contained insufficient funds, or the borrower stopped payment of the check or electronic draft; <a id="paragraph-310893" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> <span class="dictionary">Damages</span> and costs to which the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> may become entitled to by <span class="dictionary">law</span> in connection with any <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> to collect a loan after <span class="dictionary">default</span>, except that the total amount of <span class="dictionary">damages</span> and costs shall not exceed the originally contracted <span class="dictionary">loan amount</span>; <a id="paragraph-310894" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Reasonable costs of repossession and sale of the motor vehicle in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limited recourse; repossession and sale of motor vehicle" href="/6.2-2217/">6.2-2217</a>, provided that the total amount of such costs of repossession and sale that a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> working on its behalf may charge or receive from the borrower shall be limited to an amount equal to five percent of the originally contracted <span class="dictionary">loan amount</span>; and <a id="paragraph-310895" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> A late charge in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Amount of late charge; when charge can be made" href="/6.2-400/">6.2-400</a> provided that the late charge shall not exceed $20. <a id="paragraph-310896" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding anything set forth in subsection A, other provisions of this chapter, or in a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">motor vehicle title loan</span> agreement</span>, <span class="dictionary">interest</span> shall not accrue on the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> balance of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle title loan</span> from and after: <a id="paragraph-310897" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The date that the motor vehicle securing the title loan is repossessed by or at the direction of the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>; or <a id="paragraph-310898" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Sixty days after the borrower has failed to make a monthly payment on a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle title loan</span> as required by the loan agreement unless the borrower has not surrendered the motor vehicle and the borrower is concealing the motor vehicle. <a id="paragraph-310899" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> shall not be entitled to collect or recover from a borrower any sum otherwise permitted pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Judgment rate of interest" href="/6.2-302/">6.2-302</a>, <a class="law" title="Civil recovery for giving bad check" href="/8.01-27.2/">8.01-27.2</a>, or <a class="law" title="Verdict, judgment or decree to fix period at which interest begins; final order; judgment or decree for interest" href="/8.01-382/">8.01-382</a>. In no event shall the borrower be liable for fees incurred in connection with the storage of a motor vehicle securing a title loan. <a id="paragraph-310900" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If any <span class="dictionary">person</span> causes a borrower to pay fees related to repossession or sale of the motor vehicle in excess of the amount allowed under subdivision A 5, or any fee to store the motor vehicle, the borrower shall be entitled to recover such amounts or fees from the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> upon presenting a valid receipt. <a id="paragraph-310901" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2216/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2010, c. 477, &#xA7; 6.1-496; 2020, cc. 1215, 1258.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
