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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62070</law_id><section_number>6.2-301</section_number><catch_line>Legal rate of interest; when legal rate implied</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2108.22</reference><reference>36-49.1:1</reference><reference>38.2-3445.01</reference><reference>63.2-1951</reference><reference>64.2-304</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="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Interest and Usury</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Legal, Judgment, and Contract Rates of Interest</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The legal rate of interest shall be an annual rate of six percent. <a id="paragraph-226514" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-301/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as provided in subsection (b) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Interest" href="/8.3A-112/">8.3A-112</a> and &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Judgment rate of interest" href="/6.2-302/">6.2-302</a>, the legal rate of interest shall be implied when there is an obligation to pay interest and no express <span class="dictionary">contract</span> to pay interest at a specified rate. <a id="paragraph-226515" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-301/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The seller or provider of goods sold or services provided on an open account shall be entitled to, and may collect, interest at the legal rate upon the unpaid balance if (i) there exists no written agreement for closed-end credit under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Closed-end installment loans by sellers of goods or services" href="/6.2-311/">6.2-311</a> or <span class="dictionary">open-end credit plan</span> under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Open-end credit plans" href="/6.2-312/">6.2-312</a> and (ii) the purchaser or recipient of the goods or services fails to make payment in full within 60 days after mailing or presentation of a billing statement or invoice. Such interest shall begin to accrue on the day following such 60-day period. <a id="paragraph-226516" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-301/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 622, &#xA7; 6.1-330.53; 1991, c. 375, &#xA7; 6.1-330.77:1; 2004, c. 646; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
