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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101<\/a> and 996<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54926,"identifier":"59.1-507.3","token":"59.1\/43\/7\/59.1-507.3","url":"\/59.1-507.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-507.3\/","token":"59.1\/43\/7\/59.1-507.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cure of breach of contract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-507.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> A party<\/span> in breach of contract<\/span> may cure the breach at its own expense if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> the time for performance has not expired and the party in breach seasonably notifies the aggrieved party<\/span> of its intent<\/span> to cure and, within the time for performance, makes a conforming performance; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> the party in breach had reasonable grounds to believe the performance would be acceptable with or without monetary allowance, seasonably notifies the aggrieved party<\/span> of its intent<\/span> to cure, and provides a conforming performance within a further reasonable time after performance was due; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> in a case not governed by paragraph (1) or (2), the party in breach seasonably notifies the aggrieved party<\/span> of its intent<\/span> to cure and promptly provides a conforming performance before cancellation by the aggrieved party<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> In a license other than in a mass-market transaction, if the agreement required a single delivery of a copy and the party receiving tender of delivery was required to accept a nonconforming copy because the nonconformity was not a material<\/span> breach of contract<\/span>, the party in breach shall promptly and in good faith make an effort to cure if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> the party in breach receives seasonable notice of the specific nonconformity and a demand for cure of it; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> the cost of the effort to cure does not disproportionately exceed the direct damages<\/span> caused by the nonconformity to the aggrieved party<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> A party may not cancel a contract<\/span> or refuse a performance because of a breach of contract<\/span> that has been seasonably cured under subsection (a). However, notice of intent<\/span> to cure does not preclude refusal or cancellation for the uncured breach. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCURE OF BREACH OF CONTRACT (\u00a7 59.1-507.3)\n\na. A party in breach of contract may cure the breach at its own expense if:\n\n 1. the time for performance has not expired and the party in breach seasonably\n notifies the aggrieved party of its intent to cure and, within the time for\n performance, makes a conforming performance;\n\n 2. the party in breach had reasonable grounds to believe the performance would\n be acceptable with or without monetary allowance, seasonably notifies the\n aggrieved party of its intent to cure, and provides a conforming performance\n within a further reasonable time after performance was due; or\n\n 3. in a case not governed by paragraph (1) or (2), the party in breach\n seasonably notifies the aggrieved party of its intent to cure and promptly\n provides a conforming performance before cancellation by the aggrieved party.\n\nb. In a license other than in a mass-market transaction, if the agreement\nrequired a single delivery of a copy and the party receiving tender of delivery\nwas required to accept a nonconforming copy because the nonconformity was not a\nmaterial breach of contract, the party in breach shall promptly and in good\nfaith make an effort to cure if:\n\n 1. the party in breach receives seasonable notice of the specific\n nonconformity and a demand for cure of it; and\n\n 2. the cost of the effort to cure does not disproportionately exceed the\n direct damages caused by the nonconformity to the aggrieved party.\n\nc. A party may not cancel a contract or refuse a performance because of a breach\nof contract that has been seasonably cured under subsection (a). However, notice\nof intent to cure does not preclude refusal or cancellation for the uncured\nbreach.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 101, 996.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}