{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3303","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28-3303","heading":"Usury defined.","body":"If a person or corporation contracts in the District,\n\n(1)\nverbally, to pay a greater rate of interest than 6% per annum, or\n\n(2)\nin 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 creditor shall forfeit the whole of the interest so contracted to be received.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Chapter 33. Interest and Usury."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28-3303","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c8ba0559c800de8e0ac93460e6d4cc4f80666f3919ec62d3442f2100546038b9","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3302","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}