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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0101\">101<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0996\">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":262315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62869,"identifier":"59.1-508.10","token":"59.1\/43\/8\/59.1-508.10","url":"\/59.1-508.10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-508.10\/","token":"59.1\/43\/8\/59.1-508.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recoupment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-508.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an <span class=\"dictionary\">aggrieved party<\/span>, upon notifying the party in breach of <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> of its intention to do so, may deduct all or any part of the <span class=\"dictionary\">damages<\/span> resulting from the breach from any payments still due under the same <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-229164\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-508.10\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">b.<\/span> If a breach of <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> is not <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> with reference to the particular performance, an <span class=\"dictionary\">aggrieved party<\/span> may exercise its rights under subsection (a) only if the agreement does not require further affirmative performance by the other party and the amount of <span class=\"dictionary\">damages<\/span> deducted can be readily liquidated under the agreement. <a id=\"paragraph-229165\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-508.10\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECOUPMENT (\u00a7 59.1-508.10)\n\na. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an aggrieved party, upon\nnotifying the party in breach of contract of its intention to do so, may deduct\nall or any part of the damages resulting from the breach from any payments still\ndue under the same contract.\n\nb. If a breach of contract is not material with reference to the particular\nperformance, an aggrieved party may exercise its rights under subsection (a)\nonly if the agreement does not require further affirmative performance by the\nother party and the amount of damages deducted can be readily liquidated under\nthe agreement.\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}}