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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 10. Finance And Financial Institutions
Agency 5. State Corporation Commission
Chapter 200. Short-Term Lending
11/14/2024

10VAC5-200-70. Additional business requirements and restrictions.

A. A licensee shall post on its website, and in or on its licensed locations so that the posting is legible from the outside, the days and hours during which it is open for business.

B. Subject to subdivision 11 or 12 of § 6.2-1816 of the Code of Virginia, if applicable, a licensee may charge and collect from a borrower the actual amount of one or more deposit item return fees incurred by the licensee provided that (i) the conditions prescribed in § 6.2-1817 A 3 of the Code of Virginia are met, and (ii) the amount charged and collected does not exceed $25 per deposit item return fee.

C. A licensee shall not knowingly make a short-term loan to a member of the military services of the United States, or the spouse or other dependent of a member of the military services of the United States. To enable a licensee to make this determination, a licensee shall clearly and conspicuously include the following questions in its written loan application, which the licensee shall require each applicant to answer before making a short-term loan. A licensee shall not make a short-term loan to an applicant unless the applicant answers "no" to all of these questions:

1. Are you a regular or reserve member of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, or National Guard serving on active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or fewer?

2. Are you married to a regular or reserve member of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, or National Guard serving on active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or fewer?

3. Are you under the age of 18 and the son or daughter of a regular or reserve member of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, or National Guard serving on active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or fewer?

4. Was more than one-half of your financial support for the past 180 days provided by a regular or reserve member of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, or National Guard serving on active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or fewer?

D. A licensee shall maintain in its licensed offices such books, accounts, and records as the commissioner may reasonably require in order to determine whether such licensee is complying with the provisions of the Act and all rules and regulations adopted in furtherance thereof. Such books, accounts, and records shall be maintained apart and separate from those relating to any other business in which the licensee is involved. Such records relating to loans, including loan applications, shall be retained for at least three years after final payment is made on any loan.

E. A licensee shall require each applicant for a short-term loan to sign and date a written loan application prior to the licensee making a credit decision. An applicant may sign and date the loan application by hand or electronically.

F. A licensee shall endeavor to provide the loan documents and pamphlet required by 10VAC5-200-30 in a language other than English when a prospective borrower is unable to read the materials printed in English.

G. Nothing in the Act or this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a licensee from voluntarily accepting a payment on an outstanding loan from a borrower after the date that such payment was due to the licensee. However, except as otherwise permitted by the Act and this chapter, the licensee shall not collect, receive, or otherwise recover any additional interest, fees, or charges from the borrower.

H. If a licensee disburses loan proceeds by means of a check, the licensee shall not (i) charge the borrower a fee for cashing the check or (ii) permit either an affiliate or any person in the same office as the licensee to charge the borrower a fee for cashing the check.

Statutory Authority

§§ 6.2-1815 and 12.1-13 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 18, Issue 24, eff. July 22, 2002; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 04, eff. January 1, 2009; Volume 28, Issue 20, eff. June 1, 2012; Volume 37, Issue 25, eff. August 1, 2021.

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