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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 2004, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282217,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73162,"identifier":"8.2-605","token":"8.2\/6\/8.2-605","url":"\/8.2-605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-605\/","token":"8.2\/6\/8.2-605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver of buyer’s objections by failure to particularize","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The buyer’s failure to state in connection with rejection a particular defect which is ascertainable by reasonable inspection precludes him from relying on the unstated defect to justify rejection or to establish breach: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> where the seller could have cured it if stated seasonably; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> between merchants when the seller has after rejection made a request in writing for a full and final written statement of all defects on which the buyer proposes to rely. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Payment against documents made without reservation of rights precludes recovery of the payment for defects apparent in the documents. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER OF BUYER’S OBJECTIONS BY FAILURE TO PARTICULARIZE (\u00a7 8.2-605)\n\n1. The buyer’s failure to state in connection with rejection a particular\ndefect which is ascertainable by reasonable inspection precludes him from\nrelying on the unstated defect to justify rejection or to establish breach:\n\n a. where the seller could have cured it if stated seasonably; or\n\n b. between merchants when the seller has after rejection made a request in\n writing for a full and final written statement of all defects on which the\n buyer proposes to rely.\n\n2. Payment against documents made without reservation of rights precludes\nrecovery of the payment for defects apparent in the documents.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.","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}}