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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85289</law_id><section_number>6.2-401</section_number><catch_line>Acceleration clause in note evidencing installment loan; effect of acceleration</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="4">Certain Lending Practices</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Late Charges and Rebates of Unearned Interest</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any note or other <span class="dictionary">contract</span> evidencing an installment loan or other installment sales obligation with add-on interest may provide that the entire unpaid loan balance, at the option of the holder, shall become due and payable upon <span class="dictionary">default</span> in payment of any installment without impairing the negotiability of the note, if otherwise negotiable. <a id="paragraph-305604" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-401/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon such acceleration, the holder of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of indebtedness shall not be entitled to <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> for unearned interest, but the balance owing shall be computed as follows: <a id="paragraph-305605" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-401/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> On loans payable in equal periodic installments with an initial maturity and corresponding amortization period not exceeding 61 months, the accelerated balance shall be calculated as if the borrower had made a voluntary prepayment and obtained as of the date of acceleration an interest credit based upon the Rule of 78 rebate method as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="The Rule of 78" href="/6.2-403/">6.2-403</a>; and <a id="paragraph-305606" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-401/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> On other loans, the accelerated balance shall be calculated under a method at least as favorable to the borrower as the actuarial method. <a id="paragraph-305607" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-401/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The accelerated balance shall bear interest at the rate shown, or that should have been shown as the annual percentage rate under a truth in lending disclosure pursuant to federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> if the transaction was a consumer credit transaction. <a id="paragraph-305608" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-401/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 622, &#xA7; 6.1-330.89; 1990, c. 338; 1991, cc. 171, 365; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
