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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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61950,"section_number":"8.2-509","catch_line":"Risk of loss in the absence of breach","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-509\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282175,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66339,"identifier":"8.2-510","token":"8.2\/5\/8.2-510","url":"\/8.2-510\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-510\/","token":"8.2\/5\/8.2-510","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of breach on risk of loss","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-510","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Where a tender or delivery of goods so fails to conform to the contract<\/span> as to give a right of rejection the risk of their loss remains on the seller until cure or acceptance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Where the buyer rightfully revokes acceptance he may to the extent of any deficiency in his effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as having rested on the seller from the beginning. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Where the buyer as to conforming goods already identified to the contract<\/span> for sale repudiates or is otherwise in breach before risk of their loss has passed to him, the seller may to the extent of any deficiency in his effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as resting on the buyer for a commercially reasonable time. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF BREACH ON RISK OF LOSS (\u00a7 8.2-510)\n\n1. Where a tender or delivery of goods so fails to conform to the contract as to\ngive a right of rejection the risk of their loss remains on the seller until\ncure or acceptance.\n\n2. Where the buyer rightfully revokes acceptance he may to the extent of any\ndeficiency in his effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as having\nrested on the seller from the beginning.\n\n3. Where the buyer as to conforming goods already identified to the contract for\nsale repudiates or is otherwise in breach before risk of their loss has passed\nto him, the seller may to the extent of any deficiency in his effective\ninsurance coverage treat the risk of loss as resting on the buyer for a\ncommercially reasonable time.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219.","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}}