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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79869</law_id><section_number>6.2-2600</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>19.2-389</reference><reference>59.1-200</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="IV">Other Financial Activities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="26">Qualified Education Loan Servicers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#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">Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;Registry&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">nationwide multistate licensing system and registry</span> created by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators.
		&#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 interest in any other type of <span class="dictionary">entity</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan</span>&#x201D; means any loan primarily used to finance a postsecondary education and costs of attendance at a postsecondary public or private educational institution, including tuition, fees, books and supplies, room and board, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan</span>&#x201D; includes a loan made to refinance a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan</span>&#x201D; does not include an extension of credit under an open-end credit plan, a <span class="dictionary">reverse</span> mortgage transaction, a residential mortgage transaction, or any other loan that is secured by real property or a dwelling.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan</span> borrower</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;borrower&#x201D; means (i) any current resident of the Commonwealth who has received or agreed to pay a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> or (ii) any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is contractually obligated with such resident for repaying the <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan</span> servicer</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;loan servicer&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, wherever located, that:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> (i) Receives any scheduled periodic payments from a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> borrower</span> or notification of such payments or (ii) applies payments to the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> borrower</span>&#x2019;s account pursuant to the terms of the <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> or the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> governing the servicing; <a id="paragraph-286081" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2600/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> During a period when no payment is required on a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>, (i) maintains account records for the <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> and (ii) communicates with the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> borrower</span> regarding the <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>, on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>&#x2019;s holder; and <a id="paragraph-286082" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2600/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Interacts with a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> borrower</span>, which includes conducting activities to help prevent <span class="dictionary">default</span> on obligations arising from <span class="dictionary">qualified education loans</span> or to facilitate any activity described in clause (i) or (ii) of subdivision 1.
			&#x201C;Servicing&#x201D; means: <a id="paragraph-286083" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2600/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> (i) Receiving any scheduled periodic payments from a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> borrower</span> or notification of such payments or (ii) applying the payments of <span class="dictionary">principal</span> and interest and such other payments, with respect to the amounts received from a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> borrower</span>, as may be required pursuant to the terms of a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>; <a id="paragraph-286084" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2600/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> During a period when no payment is required on a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>, (i) maintaining account records for the loan and (ii) communicating with the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> borrower</span> regarding the <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>, on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>&#x2019;s holder; and <a id="paragraph-286085" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2600/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Interacting with a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> borrower</span>, including conducting activities to help prevent <span class="dictionary">default</span> on obligations arising from <span class="dictionary">qualified education loans</span> or to facilitate any activity described in clause (i) or (ii) of subdivision 1. <a id="paragraph-286086" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2600/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1198, 1250; 2022, cc. 370, 371.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
