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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69824</law_id><section_number>6.2-426</section_number><catch_line>When request, consent, or use not condition precedent to liability</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="3">Credit Cards</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The request, consent, or use required in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Cardholder not liable in absence of request for, consent to issuance of, or use of card" href="/6.2-425/">6.2-425</a> as a condition <span class="dictionary">precedent</span> to liability shall not be necessary in any instance:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Of a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> that is a renewal of a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> previously held and used by the <span class="dictionary">cardholder</span> or his authorized agent within 12 months of the renewal date; or <a id="paragraph-252370" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-426/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Where the card is issued to a customer who has previously established credit with the <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> and has used such credit within 12 months prior to the issuance of the card. <a id="paragraph-252371" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-426/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 324, &#xA7; 11-32; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
