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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":71139,"section_number":"8.01-246","catch_line":"Personal actions based on contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-246\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282363,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73642,"identifier":"8.2-725","token":"8.2\/7\/8.2-725","url":"\/8.2-725\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-725\/","token":"8.2\/7\/8.2-725","dublin_core":{"Title":"Statute of limitations in contracts for sale","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-725","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> An action for breach of any contract<\/span> for sale must be commenced within four years after the cause of action<\/span> has accrued. By the original agreement the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one year but may not extend it. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A cause of action<\/span> accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party<\/span>’s lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of warranty occurs when tender of delivery is made, except that where a warranty explicitly extends to future performance of the goods and discovery<\/span> of the breach must await the time of such performance the cause of action<\/span> accrues when the breach is or should have been discovered. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Where an action commenced within the time limited by subsection (1) is so terminated as to leave available a remedy by another action for the same breach such other action may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and within six months after the termination of the first action unless the termination resulted from voluntary discontinuance or from dismissal<\/span> for failure or neglect to prosecute<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> This section does not alter the law<\/span> on tolling of the statute of limitations<\/span> nor does it apply to causes of action which have accrued before this act becomes effective. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN CONTRACTS FOR SALE (\u00a7 8.2-725)\n\n1. An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced within four\nyears after the cause of action has accrued. By the original agreement the\nparties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one year but may\nnot extend it.\n\n2. A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved\nparty’s lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of warranty occurs when\ntender of delivery is made, except that where a warranty explicitly extends to\nfuture performance of the goods and discovery of the breach must await the time\nof such performance the cause of action accrues when the breach is or should\nhave been discovered.\n\n3. Where an action commenced within the time limited by subsection (1) is so\nterminated as to leave available a remedy by another action for the same breach\nsuch other action may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and\nwithin six months after the termination of the first action unless the\ntermination resulted from voluntary discontinuance or from dismissal for failure\nor neglect to prosecute.\n\n4. This section does not alter the law on tolling of the statute of limitations\nnor does it apply to causes of action which have accrued before this act becomes\neffective.\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}}