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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355261</law_id><section_number>23.1-231</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="62" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">State Council of Higher Education for Virginia</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="5" identifier="4">Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> obtained specifically to finance education or other school-related expenses. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan</span>&#x201D; does not include credit card debt, home <span class="dictionary">equity</span> loan, or revolving debt.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan borrower</span>&#x201D; means (i) any current resident of the Commonwealth who has received or agreed to pay a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> or (ii) any person who shares responsibility with such resident for repaying the <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified education loan servicer</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;loan servicer&#x201D; means any person, wherever located, responsible for the <span class="dictionary">servicing</span> of any <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span> to any <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan borrower</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Servicing</span>&#x201D; means (i) receiving any scheduled periodic payments from a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan borrower</span> pursuant to the terms of a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>; (ii) applying the payments of principal and interest and such other payments, with respect to the amounts received from a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan borrower</span>, as may be required pursuant to the terms of a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>; and (iii) performing other administrative services with respect to a <span class="dictionary">qualified education loan</span>.</p></section></text><history>2018, cc. 489, 755.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
