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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 1992, chapter 693.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82224,"section_number":"8.3A-310","catch_line":"Effect of instrument on obligation for which taken","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.3A-310\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75601,"identifier":"8.2-511","token":"8.2\/5\/8.2-511","url":"\/8.2-511\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-511\/","token":"8.2\/5\/8.2-511","dublin_core":{"Title":"Tender of payment by buyer; payment by check","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Unless otherwise agreed tender of payment is a condition to the seller’s duty to tender and complete any delivery. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Tender of payment is sufficient when made by any means or in any manner current in the ordinary course of business unless the seller demands payment in legal tender and gives any extension of time reasonably necessary to procure it. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Subject to the provisions of this act on the effect of an instrument on an obligation (§ 8.3A-310<\/a>), payment by check is conditional and is defeated as between the parties by dishonor of the check on due presentment<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTENDER OF PAYMENT BY BUYER; PAYMENT BY CHECK (\u00a7 8.2-511)\n\n1. Unless otherwise agreed tender of payment is a condition to the\nseller’s duty to tender and complete any delivery.\n\n2. Tender of payment is sufficient when made by any means or in any manner\ncurrent in the ordinary course of business unless the seller demands payment in\nlegal tender and gives any extension of time reasonably necessary to procure it.\n\n3. Subject to the provisions of this act on the effect of an instrument on an\nobligation (§ 8.3A-310), payment by check is conditional and is defeated as\nbetween the parties by dishonor of the check on due presentment.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 1992, c. 693.","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}}