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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55630</law_id><section_number>6.2-409</section_number><catch_line>Addition of unpaid interest to principal balance</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="2">Loans Secured by Lien on Real Estate</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For the purpose of this section:
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">First deed of trust</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">first mortgage</span>&#x201D; includes all deeds of trust and mortgages, and amendments thereto, that are made by the same <span class="dictionary">grantor</span> or <span class="dictionary">mortgagor</span>, secure notes held by the same holder, convey substantially the same <span class="dictionary">real estate</span>, and are superior to all other deeds of trust or mortgages on the <span class="dictionary">real estate</span>.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Grantor</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">mortgagor</span>&#x201D; includes an owner of <span class="dictionary">real estate</span>, and spouse, who has assumed responsibility for the obligation secured by such deed of trust or mortgage encumbering the <span class="dictionary">real estate</span>.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Real estate</span>&#x201D; includes a leasehold estate of not less than 25 years. <a id="paragraph-203918" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-409/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding any other statutory or <span class="dictionary">case law</span> relating to compounding of interest, if regularly scheduled periodic payments on an obligation secured by a <span class="dictionary">first mortgage</span> or <span class="dictionary">first deed of trust</span> on <span class="dictionary">real estate</span> are insufficient to pay currently accruing interest on the then principal balance, an agreement in the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of indebtedness, or other agreement signed by the borrower, providing for the addition of such unpaid interest to the principal balance and the future accrual of interest on such balances, shall be enforceable as written. <a id="paragraph-203919" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-409/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Disclosure of charges in a disclosure given to the borrower pursuant to federal disclosure <span class="dictionary">laws</span> or regulations and acceptance of the loan proceeds by the borrower shall be deemed an agreement signed by the borrower within the meaning of this section. <a id="paragraph-203920" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-409/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 622, &#xA7; 6.1-330.69; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
