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§ 8.2-610 Anticipatory repudiation

When either party repudiates the contract with respect to a performance not yet due the loss of which will substantially impair the value of the contract to the other, the aggrieved party may

a. for a commercially reasonable time await performance by the repudiating party; or

b. resort to any remedy for breach (§ 8.2-703 or § 8.2-711), even though he has notified the repudiating party that he would await the latter’s performance and has urged retraction; and

c. in either case suspend his own performance or proceed in accordance with the provisions of this title on the seller’s right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods (§ 8.2-704).

History

This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 “Acts” aren’t available online.

1964, c. 219.

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