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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 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56678,"section_number":"8.2-402","catch_line":"Rights of seller's creditors against sold goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-402\/"},{"id":71698,"section_number":"8.2-711","catch_line":"Buyer's remedies in general; buyer's security interest in rejected goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-711\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":87157,"section_number":"8.2-501","catch_line":"Insurable interest in goods; manner of identification of goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-501\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282143,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73361,"identifier":"8.2-502","token":"8.2\/5\/8.2-502","url":"\/8.2-502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-502\/","token":"8.2\/5\/8.2-502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Buyer’s right to goods on seller’s repudiation, failure to deliver, or insolvency","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and even though the goods have not been shipped a buyer who has paid a part or all of the price of goods in which he has a special property under the provisions of the immediately preceding section (\u00a7 8.2-501<\/a>) may on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid portion of their price recover them from the seller if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> in the case of goods bought for personal, family, or household purposes, the seller repudiates or fails to deliver as required by the contract<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> in all cases, the seller becomes insolvent within ten days after receipt of the first installment on their price. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The buyer’s right to recover the goods under subsection (1) (a) vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed to deliver. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> If the identification creating his special property has been made by the buyer he acquires the right to recover the goods only if they conform to the contract<\/span> for sale. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBUYER’S RIGHT TO GOODS ON SELLER’S REPUDIATION, FAILURE TO DELIVER,\nOR INSOLVENCY (\u00a7 8.2-502)\n\n1. Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and even though the goods have not been\nshipped a buyer who has paid a part or all of the price of goods in which he has\na special property under the provisions of the immediately preceding section (\u00a7\n8.2-501) may on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid portion of their\nprice recover them from the seller if:\n\n a. in the case of goods bought for personal, family, or household purposes,\n the seller repudiates or fails to deliver as required by the contract; or\n\n b. in all cases, the seller becomes insolvent within ten days after receipt of\n the first installment on their price.\n\n2. The buyer’s right to recover the goods under subsection (1) (a) vests\nupon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then\nrepudiated or failed to deliver.\n\n3. If the identification creating his special property has been made by the\nbuyer he acquires the right to recover the goods only if they conform to the\ncontract for sale.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 2000, c. 1007.","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}}