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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 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. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapter 353<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75475,"section_number":"8.2A-501","catch_line":"Default; procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-501\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":281907,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63472,"identifier":"8.1A-305","token":"8.1A\/3\/8.1A-305","url":"\/8.1A-305\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.1A-305\/","token":"8.1A\/3\/8.1A-305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Remedies to be liberally administered","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.1A-305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> The remedies provided by the Uniform Commercial Code shall be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party<\/span> may be put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or special damages<\/span> nor penal damages<\/span> may be had except as specifically provided in the Uniform Commercial Code or by other rule of law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Any right or obligation declared by the Uniform Commercial Code is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMEDIES TO BE LIBERALLY ADMINISTERED (\u00a7 8.1A-305)\n\na. The remedies provided by the Uniform Commercial Code shall be liberally\nadministered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a\nposition as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or\nspecial damages nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in\nthe Uniform Commercial Code or by other rule of law.\n\nb. Any right or obligation declared by the Uniform Commercial Code is\nenforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different\nand limited effect.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.1-106; 2003, c. 353.","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}}