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D.C. Code § 28-3301 Rate of interest expressed in contract
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, section 28-3308, and chapter 36 of this subtitle, the parties to an instrument in writing for the payment of money at a future time may contract therein for the payment of interest on the principal amount thereof at a rate not exc…
D.C. Code § 28-3302 Rate of interest not expressed and on judgments
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(a) The rate of interest in the District upon the loan or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action in the absence of expressed contract, is 6% per annum. (b) Interest, when authorized by law, on judgments or decrees against the District of Columbia, or its officers, or it…
D.C. Code § 28-3303 Usury defined
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If a person or corporation contracts in the District, (1) verbally, to pay a greater rate of interest than 6% per annum, or (2) in writing, to pay a greater rate than is permitted under section 28-3301, 28-3308, under Chapter 36 of this subtitle, or under § 26-301 et seq., the cr…
D.C. Code § 28-3304 Action to recover usury paid
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If a person or corporation in the District directly or indirectly takes or receives a greater amount of interest than is declared by this chapter to be lawful, whether in advance or not, the person or corporation paying the same may within one year after the date of payment sue f…