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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 536 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 1991 \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 2024, chapter 652<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68509,"section_number":"8.2A-209","catch_line":"Lessee under finance lease as beneficiary of supply contract","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-209\/"},{"id":56364,"section_number":"8.2A-407","catch_line":"Irrevocable promises: finance leases","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-407\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282375,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71307,"identifier":"8.2A-102","token":"8.2A\/1\/8.2A-102","url":"\/8.2A-102\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-102\/","token":"8.2A\/1\/8.2A-102","dublin_core":{"Title":"Scope","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-102","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> This title applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease and, in the case of a hybrid lease, it applies to the extent provided in subsection (2). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> In a hybrid lease: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> if the lease-of-goods aspects do not predominate: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

i.<\/span> only the provisions of this title that relate primarily to the lease-of-goods aspect of the transaction apply, and the provisions that relate primarily to the transaction as a whole do not apply; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

ii.<\/span> § 8.2A-209<\/a> applies if the lease is a financial lease; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

iii.<\/span> § 8.2A-407<\/a> applies to the promises of the lessee in a finance lease to the extent the promises are consideration for the right to possession<\/span> and use of the leased goods; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> if the lease-of-goods aspects predominate, this title applies to the transaction, but does not preclude application in appropriate circumstances of other law<\/span> to aspects of the lease that do not relate to the lease of goods. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCOPE (\u00a7 8.2A-102)\n\n1. This title applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a\nlease and, in the case of a hybrid lease, it applies to the extent provided in\nsubsection (2).\n\n2. In a hybrid lease:\n\n a. if the lease-of-goods aspects do not predominate:\n\n i. only the provisions of this title that relate primarily to the\n lease-of-goods aspect of the transaction apply, and the provisions that relate\n primarily to the transaction as a whole do not apply;\n\n ii. § 8.2A-209 applies if the lease is a financial lease; and\n\n iii. § 8.2A-407 applies to the promises of the lessee in a finance\n lease to the extent the promises are consideration for the right to\n possession and use of the leased goods; and\n\n b. if the lease-of-goods aspects predominate, this title applies to the\n transaction, but does not preclude application in appropriate circumstances of\n other law to aspects of the lease that do not relate to the lease of goods.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 536; 2024, c. 652.","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}}