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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87142</law_id><section_number>6.2-305</section_number><catch_line>Recovery of twice total usurious interest paid; limitation of action; injunction to prevent sale of property pending action; effect of errors in computation</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If interest in excess of that permitted by an applicable <span class="dictionary">statute</span> is paid upon any <span class="dictionary">loan</span>, the <span class="dictionary">person</span> paying may bring an action within two years from the first to occur of: (i) the date of the last scheduled <span class="dictionary">loan</span> payment or (ii) the date of payment of the <span class="dictionary">loan</span> in full, to recover from the <span class="dictionary">person</span> taking or receiving such payments: <a id="paragraph-312051" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-305/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The total amount of the interest paid to such <span class="dictionary">person</span> in excess of that permitted by the applicable <span class="dictionary">statute</span>; <a id="paragraph-312052" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-305/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Twice the total amount of interest paid to such <span class="dictionary">person</span> during the two years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the action; and <a id="paragraph-312053" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-305/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Court</span> costs and reasonable attorney fees. <a id="paragraph-312054" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-305/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the sale of property in which an interest has been conveyed to secure the payment of the debt is scheduled or anticipated, an <span class="dictionary">injunction</span> may be granted to prevent such sale pending the completion of an action brought pursuant to subsection A. <a id="paragraph-312055" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-305/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> who proves that interest or other charges in excess of those permitted by <span class="dictionary">law</span> were imposed or collected as a result of a bona fide error in computation or similar mistake shall not be liable for the penalties prescribed in this section. In such event, the <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> shall only be liable to return to the borrower the amount of interest or other charges collected in excess of the amount permitted by applicable <span class="dictionary">statute</span>. <a id="paragraph-312056" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-305/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 622, &#xA7; 6.1-330.57; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
