{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/8.2A-512.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/8.2A-512.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/8.2A-512.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/8.2A-512.html"}],"law_id":70655,"edition_id":1,"section_id":70655,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-512","catch_line":"Lessee’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods","history":"1991, c. 536.","full_text":"1\n\nExcept as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (\u00a7 8.2A-511) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (subsection (5) of \u00a7 8.2A-508):a\n\nThe lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee’s possession, shall hold them with reasonable care at the lessor’s or the supplier’s disposition for a reasonable time after the lessee’s seasonable notification of rejection;b\n\nIf the lessor or the supplier gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection, the lessee may store the rejected goods for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account or ship them to the lessor or the supplier or dispose of them for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account with reimbursement in the manner provided in § 8.2A-511; butc\n\nThe lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.2\n\nAction by the lessee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is not acceptance or conversion.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":254884,"text":"Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (\u00a7 8.2A-511) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (subsection (5) of \u00a7 8.2A-508):","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"next_prefix":"1a"},"1":{"id":254885,"text":"The lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee’s possession, shall hold them with reasonable care at the lessor’s or the supplier’s disposition for a reasonable time after the lessee’s seasonable notification of rejection;","type":"section","prefixes":["1","a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"1a","prefix_anchor":"1a","level":2,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"1b"},"2":{"id":254886,"text":"If the lessor or the supplier gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection, the lessee may store the rejected goods for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account or ship them to the lessor or the supplier or dispose of them for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account with reimbursement in the manner provided in § 8.2A-511; but","type":"section","prefixes":["1","b"],"prefix":"b","entire_prefix":"1b","prefix_anchor":"1b","level":2,"prior_prefix":"1a","next_prefix":"1c"},"3":{"id":254887,"text":"The lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.","type":"section","prefixes":["1","c"],"prefix":"c","entire_prefix":"1c","prefix_anchor":"1c","level":2,"prior_prefix":"1b","next_prefix":"2"},"4":{"id":254888,"text":"Action by the lessee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is not acceptance or conversion.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1c"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13914,"edition_id":1,"name":"Default by Lessor","identifier":"B","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13913,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:17","permalink":{"id":282601,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13914,"identifier":"B","token":"8.2A\/5\/B","url":"\/8.2A\/5\/B\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13913,"edition_id":1,"name":"Default","identifier":"5","label":"part","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12736,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:17","permalink":{"id":282569,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13913,"identifier":"5","token":"8.2A\/5","url":"\/8.2A\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12736,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commercial Code \u2014 Leases","identifier":"8.2A","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":282367,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12736,"identifier":"8.2A","token":"8.2A","url":"\/8.2A\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":62750,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-508","catch_line":"Lessee's remedies","url":"\/8.2A-508\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-508","metadata":false},{"id":60181,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-509","catch_line":"Lessee's rights on improper delivery; rightful rejection","url":"\/8.2A-509\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-509","metadata":false},{"id":74596,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-510","catch_line":"Installment lease contracts; rejection and default","url":"\/8.2A-510\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-510","metadata":false},{"id":84556,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-511","catch_line":"Merchant lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods","url":"\/8.2A-511\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-511","metadata":false},{"id":70655,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-512","catch_line":"Lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods","url":"\/8.2A-512\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-512","metadata":false},{"id":61599,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-513","catch_line":"Cure by lessor of improper tender or delivery; replacement","url":"\/8.2A-513\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-513","metadata":false},{"id":56122,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-514","catch_line":"Waiver of lessee's objections","url":"\/8.2A-514\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-514","metadata":false},{"id":55972,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-515","catch_line":"Acceptance of goods","url":"\/8.2A-515\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-515","metadata":false},{"id":78053,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-516","catch_line":"Effect of acceptance of goods; notice of default; burden of establishing default after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable","url":"\/8.2A-516\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-516","metadata":false},{"id":66372,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-517","catch_line":"Revocation of acceptance of goods","url":"\/8.2A-517\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-517","metadata":false},{"id":83561,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-518","catch_line":"Cover; substitute goods","url":"\/8.2A-518\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-518","metadata":false},{"id":74347,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-519","catch_line":"Lessee's damages for nondelivery, repudiation, default, and breach of warranty in regard to accepted goods","url":"\/8.2A-519\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-519","metadata":false},{"id":64983,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-520","catch_line":"Lessee's incidental and consequential damages","url":"\/8.2A-520\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-520","metadata":false},{"id":76119,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-521","catch_line":"Lessee's right to specific performance or other similar rights","url":"\/8.2A-521\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-521","metadata":false},{"id":54961,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-522","catch_line":"Lessee's right to goods on lessor's insolvency","url":"\/8.2A-522\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-522","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":84556,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-511","catch_line":"Merchant lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods","url":"\/8.2A-511\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-511","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":61599,"structure_id":13914,"section_number":"8.2A-513","catch_line":"Cure by lessor of improper tender or delivery; replacement","url":"\/8.2A-513\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-513","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.2A-512\/","history_text":"

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":[{"id":84556,"section_number":"8.2A-511","catch_line":"Merchant lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-511\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62750,"section_number":"8.2A-508","catch_line":"Lessee's remedies","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-508\/"},{"id":84556,"section_number":"8.2A-511","catch_line":"Merchant lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-511\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282619,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70655,"identifier":"8.2A-512","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-512","url":"\/8.2A-512\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-512\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-512","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lessee’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-512","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (\u00a7 8.2A-511<\/a>) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (subsection (5) of \u00a7 8.2A-508<\/a>): <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> The lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee’s possession<\/span>, shall hold them with reasonable care at the lessor’s or the supplier’s disposition<\/span> for a reasonable time after the lessee’s seasonable notification of rejection; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> If the lessor or the supplier gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection, the lessee may store the rejected goods for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account or ship them to the lessor or the supplier or dispose of them for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account with reimbursement in the manner provided in § 8.2A-511<\/a>; but <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> The lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Action by the lessee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is not acceptance or conversion. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLESSEE’S DUTIES AS TO RIGHTFULLY REJECTED GOODS (\u00a7 8.2A-512)\n\n1. Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline\nin value speedily (\u00a7 8.2A-511) and subject to any security interest of a lessee\n(subsection (5) of \u00a7 8.2A-508):\n\n a. The lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee’s possession,\n shall hold them with reasonable care at the lessor’s or the\n supplier’s disposition for a reasonable time after the lessee’s\n seasonable notification of rejection;\n\n b. If the lessor or the supplier gives no instructions within a reasonable\n time after notification of rejection, the lessee may store the rejected goods\n for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account or ship them to the\n lessor or the supplier or dispose of them for the lessor’s or the\n supplier’s account with reimbursement in the manner provided in §\n 8.2A-511; but\n\n c. The lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully\n rejected.\n\n2. Action by the lessee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is not\nacceptance or conversion.\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}}