Financial institutions; loans and legal rate of interest.
Introduced: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Introduced
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jan 27, 2026
What it does
Financial institutions; loans and legal rate of interest. Provides that for the purposes of provisions governing usury and the legal rate of interest, "making," when used in reference to a loan, means advancing, offering to advance, or making a commitment to advance funds to a borrower for a loan. The bill provides that the prohibition against a contract for the payment of interest on a loan at a rate that exceeds 12 percent per year applies to any person who seeks to evade its application by any device, subterfuge, or pretense whatsoever, including (i) making loans disguised as personal property sale and leaseback transactions; (ii) disguising loan proceeds as a cash rebate for the…
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While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in Virginia.