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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 2003, chapter 353<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58906,"section_number":"8.2A-303","catch_line":"Alienability of party's interest under lease contract or of lessor's residual interest in goods; delegation of performance; transfer of rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-303\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63472,"section_number":"8.1A-305","catch_line":"Remedies to be liberally administered","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.1A-305\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282573,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75475,"identifier":"8.2A-501","token":"8.2A\/5\/A\/8.2A-501","url":"\/8.2A-501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-501\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/A\/8.2A-501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Default; procedure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Whether the lessor or the lessee is in default<\/span> under a lease contract<\/span> is determined by the lease agreement and this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If the lessor or the lessee is in default<\/span> under the lease contract<\/span>, the party<\/span> seeking enforcement has rights and remedies as provided in this title and, except as limited by this title, as provided in the lease agreement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> If the lessor or the lessee is in default<\/span> under the lease contract<\/span>, the party<\/span> seeking enforcement may reduce the party<\/span>’s claim to judgment<\/span>, or otherwise enforce the lease contract<\/span> by self-help or any available judicial procedure or nonjudicial procedure, including administrative proceeding, arbitration, or the like, in accordance with this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of § 8.1A-305<\/a> or this title or the lease agreement, the rights and remedies referred to in subsections (2) and (3) of this section are cumulative. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> If the lease agreement covers both real property and goods, the party<\/span> seeking enforcement may proceed under this part as to the goods, or under other applicable law<\/span> as to both the real property and the goods in accordance with that party<\/span>’s rights and remedies in respect of the real property, in which case this part does not apply. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFAULT; PROCEDURE (\u00a7 8.2A-501)\n\n1. Whether the lessor or the lessee is in default under a lease contract is\ndetermined by the lease agreement and this title.\n\n2. If the lessor or the lessee is in default under the lease contract, the party\nseeking enforcement has rights and remedies as provided in this title and,\nexcept as limited by this title, as provided in the lease agreement.\n\n3. If the lessor or the lessee is in default under the lease contract, the party\nseeking enforcement may reduce the party’s claim to judgment, or otherwise\nenforce the lease contract by self-help or any available judicial procedure or\nnonjudicial procedure, including administrative proceeding, arbitration, or the\nlike, in accordance with this title.\n\n4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of § 8.1A-305 or this\ntitle or the lease agreement, the rights and remedies referred to in subsections\n(2) and (3) of this section are cumulative.\n\n5. If the lease agreement covers both real property and goods, the party seeking\nenforcement may proceed under this part as to the goods, or under other\napplicable law as to both the real property and the goods in accordance with\nthat party’s rights and remedies in respect of the real property, in which\ncase this part does not apply.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 536; 2003, c. 353.","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}}