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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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54438,"section_number":"8.2-612","catch_line":"\"Installment contract\"; breach","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-612\/"},{"id":65551,"section_number":"8.2-718","catch_line":"Liquidation or limitation of damages; deposits","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-718\/"},{"id":76593,"section_number":"8.2-719","catch_line":"Contractual modification or limitation of remedy","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-719\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282201,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65792,"identifier":"8.2-601","token":"8.2\/6\/8.2-601","url":"\/8.2-601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-601\/","token":"8.2\/6\/8.2-601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Buyer’s rights on improper delivery","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Subject to the provisions of this title on breach in installment contracts<\/span> (\u00a7 8.2-612<\/a>) and unless otherwise agreed under the sections on contractual limitations of remedy (\u00a7\u00a7 8.2-718<\/a> and 8.2-719<\/a>), if the goods or the tender of delivery fail in any respect to conform to the contract<\/span>, the buyer may<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> reject the whole; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> accept the whole; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> accept any commercial unit or units and reject the rest. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBUYER’S RIGHTS ON IMPROPER DELIVERY (\u00a7 8.2-601)\n\nSubject to the provisions of this title on breach in installment contracts (\u00a7\n8.2-612) and unless otherwise agreed under the sections on contractual\nlimitations of remedy (\u00a7\u00a7 8.2-718 and 8.2-719), if the goods or the tender of\ndelivery fail in any respect to conform to the contract, the buyer may\n\na. reject the whole; or\n\nb. accept the whole; or\n\nc. accept any commercial unit or units and reject the rest.\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}}