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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54820</law_id><section_number>6.2-304</section_number><catch_line>Plea of usury; judgment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-307</reference><reference>6.2-327</reference><reference>6.2-328</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="3">Usury</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any borrower may plead in general terms that the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> on which the action is brought was for the payment of interest greater than is allowed by <span class="dictionary">statute</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">court</span> determines that the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is usurious, <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> shall be rendered only for the principal sum.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 622, &#xA7; 6.1-330.56; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
