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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374083</law_id><section_number>6.2-2041</section_number><catch_line>Fee</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-2040</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Other Regulated Providers of Financial Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="20.1">Debt Settlement Services Providers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For providing <span class="dictionary">debt settlement services</span>, a <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> may charge or receive a fee totaling either (i) no more than 20 percent of the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> amount of the debt enrolled by a <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> into the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>&#x2019;s service or (ii) no more than 30 percent of the difference between the amount owed by a <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> at the time the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> settles the debt and the amount to be paid by the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> to satisfy the debt. <a id="paragraph-1396476" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2041/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If more than one debt is the subject of a <span class="dictionary">debt settlement services</span> agreement, the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> may only charge or collect that proportion of the total fee allowable under clause (i) of subsection A that equals the proportion of the aggregate debt the individual settled debt represents. <a id="paragraph-1396477" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2041/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> shall not charge or receive any other fee or compensation from a <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> for providing <span class="dictionary">debt settlement services</span> other than the fee provided for in this section. <a id="paragraph-1396478" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2041/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 785.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
