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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374218</law_id><section_number>6.2-319</section_number><catch_line>Loans by pension plans to participants</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="10" 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="3" identifier="3">Interest and Usury</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="4">Loans Exempt From Limit on Contract Rate of Interest</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">pension plan</span>&#x201D; includes an &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">employee pension benefit plan</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">pension plan</span>&#x201D; as defined in &#xA7; 3(2) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829). <a id="paragraph-1397022" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-319/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Loans</span> by a <span class="dictionary">pension plan</span> to an individual participating in the <span class="dictionary">pension plan</span> shall be lawfully enforced as agreed in the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of indebtedness. No such participating individual, by way of defense or otherwise, shall avail himself of the provisions of this chapter, or any other <span class="dictionary">law</span> relating to interest or usury, to avoid or defeat the payment of interest or any other sum on any <span class="dictionary">loan</span> made by the <span class="dictionary">pension plan</span>. Nothing contained in any <span class="dictionary">law</span> relating to interest or usury shall be construed to prevent the recovery of such interest or other sum though it is more than otherwise lawful interest and though that <span class="dictionary">fact</span> appears on the face of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-1397023" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-319/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 622, &#xA7; 6.1-330.67; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
