<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83771</law_id><section_number>6.2-2502</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited activities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="IV">Other Financial Activities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="25">Refund Anticipation Loans</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">facilitator</span> who offers to facilitate, or who facilitates, a <span class="dictionary">refund anticipation loan</span> shall not:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Require a <span class="dictionary">customer</span> to enter into a loan arrangement in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to complete a <span class="dictionary">tax return</span>; <a id="paragraph-300295" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2502/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Misrepresent a <span class="dictionary">material</span> factor or condition of a <span class="dictionary">refund anticipation loan</span>; <a id="paragraph-300296" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2502/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Fail to process the application for a <span class="dictionary">refund anticipation loan</span> promptly after an <span class="dictionary">applicant</span> applies for the loan; or <a id="paragraph-300297" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2502/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business that operates a <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> upon any <span class="dictionary">person</span> in connection with a <span class="dictionary">refund anticipation loan</span>. <a id="paragraph-300298" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2502/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, c. 399, &#xA7; 6.1-476; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
