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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55940,"section_number":"8.2A-219","catch_line":"Risk of loss","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-219\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282489,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80194,"identifier":"8.2A-221","token":"8.2A\/2\/8.2A-221","url":"\/8.2A-221\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-221\/","token":"8.2A\/2\/8.2A-221","dublin_core":{"Title":"Casualty to identified goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-221","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a lease contract<\/span> requires goods identified when the lease contract<\/span> is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of the lessee, the lessor or the supplier before delivery, or the goods suffer casualty before risk of loss passes to the lessee pursuant to the lease agreement or \u00a7 8.2A-219<\/a>, then if:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> The loss is total, the lease contract<\/span> is avoided; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> The loss is partial or the goods have so deteriorated as to no longer conform to the lease contract<\/span>, the lessee may nevertheless demand inspection and at his or her option either treat the lease contract<\/span> as avoided or, except in a finance lease that is not a consumer lease, accept the goods with due allowance from the rent payable for the balance of the lease term for the deterioration or the deficiency in quantity but without further right against the lessor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCASUALTY TO IDENTIFIED GOODS (\u00a7 8.2A-221)\n\nIf a lease contract requires goods identified when the lease contract is made,\nand the goods suffer casualty without fault of the lessee, the lessor or the\nsupplier before delivery, or the goods suffer casualty before risk of loss\npasses to the lessee pursuant to the lease agreement or \u00a7 8.2A-219, then if:\n\na. The loss is total, the lease contract is avoided; and\n\nb. The loss is partial or the goods have so deteriorated as to no longer conform\nto the lease contract, the lessee may nevertheless demand inspection and at his\nor her option either treat the lease contract as avoided or, except in a finance\nlease that is not a consumer lease, accept the goods with due allowance from the\nrent payable for the balance of the lease term for the deterioration or the\ndeficiency in quantity but without further right against the lessor.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 536.","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}}