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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":73102,"section_number":"8.2-103","catch_line":"Definitions and index of definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-103\/"},{"id":66381,"section_number":"8.2-201","catch_line":"Formal requirements; statute of frauds","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-201\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66830,"section_number":"8.2-602","catch_line":"Manner and effect of rightful rejection","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-602\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62398,"identifier":"8.2-606","token":"8.2\/6\/8.2-606","url":"\/8.2-606\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-606\/","token":"8.2\/6\/8.2-606","dublin_core":{"Title":"What constitutes acceptance of goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-606","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> after a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods signifies to the seller that the goods are conforming or that he will take or retain them in spite of their nonconformity; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> fails to make an effective rejection (subsection (1) of § 8.2-602<\/a>), but such acceptance does not occur until the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect them; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> does any act inconsistent with the seller’s ownership; but if such act is wrongful as against the seller it is an acceptance only if ratified by him. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire unit. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHAT CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF GOODS (\u00a7 8.2-606)\n\n1. Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer\n\n a. after a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods signifies to the seller\n that the goods are conforming or that he will take or retain them in spite of\n their nonconformity; or\n\n b. fails to make an effective rejection (subsection (1) of § 8.2-602),\n but such acceptance does not occur until the buyer has had a reasonable\n opportunity to inspect them; or\n\n c. does any act inconsistent with the seller’s ownership; but if such\n act is wrongful as against the seller it is an acceptance only if ratified by\n him.\n\n2. Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire\nunit.\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}}