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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71741</law_id><section_number>6.2-313</section_number><catch_line>Open-end credit extended by banks or savings institutions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="4">Loans Exempt From Limit on Contract Rate of Interest</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding any statutory or <span class="dictionary">case law</span>, any <span class="dictionary">bank</span> or <span class="dictionary">savings institution</span> may impose finance charges and other charges and fees at such rates and in such amounts and manner as may be agreed by the borrower under an <span class="dictionary">open-end credit plan</span>. <a id="paragraph-258457" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-313/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In the event of the extension of credit by a <span class="dictionary">bank</span> or <span class="dictionary">savings institution</span> hereunder to be effected by the use of a credit card for the purchase of merchandise or services, no finance charge shall be imposed upon the cardholder or borrower on such extension of credit if payment in full of the unpaid balance owing for all extensions of credit under the <span class="dictionary">open-end credit plan</span> is received at the place designated by the <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> prior to the payment due date, which shall be at least 25 days later than the billing date. <a id="paragraph-258458" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-313/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, cc. 622, 639, 714, &#xA7; 6.1-330.63; 1992, Sp. Sess., c. 4; 1997, c. 112; 2005, c. 670; 2010, c. 794; 2015, cc. 453, 454.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
