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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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 392; in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56678,"section_number":"8.2-402","catch_line":"Rights of seller's creditors against sold goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-402\/"},{"id":71698,"section_number":"8.2-711","catch_line":"Buyer's remedies in general; buyer's security interest in rejected goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-711\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83382,"identifier":"8.2-716","token":"8.2\/7\/8.2-716","url":"\/8.2-716\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-716\/","token":"8.2\/7\/8.2-716","dublin_core":{"Title":"Buyer’s right to specific performance or detinue","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-716","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Specific performance may be decreed where the goods are unique or in other proper circumstances. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The decree<\/span> for specific performance may include such terms and conditions as to payment of the price, damages<\/span>, or other relief as the court<\/span> may deem just. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The buyer has a right of detinue for goods identified to the contract<\/span> if after reasonable effort he is unable to effect cover for such goods or the circumstances reasonably indicate that such effort will be unavailing or if the goods have been shipped under reservation and satisfaction of the security interest in them has been made or tendered. In the case of goods bought for personal, family, or household purposes, the buyer’s right of detinue vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed to deliver. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBUYER’S RIGHT TO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OR DETINUE (\u00a7 8.2-716)\n\n1. Specific performance may be decreed where the goods are unique or in other\nproper circumstances.\n\n2. The decree for specific performance may include such terms and conditions as\nto payment of the price, damages, or other relief as the court may deem just.\n\n3. The buyer has a right of detinue for goods identified to the contract if\nafter reasonable effort he is unable to effect cover for such goods or the\ncircumstances reasonably indicate that such effort will be unavailing or if the\ngoods have been shipped under reservation and satisfaction of the security\ninterest in them has been made or tendered. In the case of goods bought for\npersonal, family, or household purposes, the buyer’s right of detinue\nvests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then\nrepudiated or failed to deliver.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 1966, c. 392; 2000, c. 1007.","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}}