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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70402</law_id><section_number>6.2-302</section_number><catch_line>Judgment rate of interest</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2605</reference><reference>19.2-305.4</reference><reference>19.2-353.5</reference><reference>2.2-4805</reference><reference>20-60.3</reference><reference>20-78.2</reference><reference>29.1-532</reference><reference>32.1-137.010</reference><reference>32.1-313</reference><reference>32.1-321.2</reference><reference>32.1-349</reference><reference>40.1-28.7:1</reference><reference>50-73.82</reference><reference>6.2-1521</reference><reference>6.2-2216</reference><reference>6.2-301</reference><reference>63.2-1952</reference><reference>65.2-308</reference><reference>65.2-605.1</reference><reference>65.2-707</reference><reference>65.2-713</reference><reference>8.01-382</reference><reference>8.01-682</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 <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> rate of interest shall be an annual rate of six percent, except that a money <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> entered in an action arising from a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> shall carry interest at the rate lawfully charged on such <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, or at six percent annually, whichever is higher. <a id="paragraph-254086" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-302/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or other instrument does not fix an interest rate, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall apply the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> rate of six percent to calculate prejudgment interest pursuant to &#xA7; <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> and to calculate post-<span class="dictionary">judgment</span> interest. <a id="paragraph-254087" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-302/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The rate of interest for a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> shall be the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> rate of interest in effect at the time of entry of the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> on any amounts for which <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is entered and shall not be affected by any subsequent changes to the rate of interest stated in this section. <a id="paragraph-254088" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-302/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, cc. 622, 623, 630, &#xA7; 6.1-330.54; 1991, c. 508; 2004, c. 646; 2005, c. 455; 2010, cc. 550, 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
