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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":[{"id":62750,"section_number":"8.2A-508","catch_line":"Lessee's remedies","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-508\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64983,"identifier":"8.2A-520","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-520","url":"\/8.2A-520\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-520\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-520","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lessee’s incidental and consequential damages","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-520","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Incidental damages<\/span> resulting from a lessor’s default<\/span> include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation, and care and custody<\/span> of goods rightfully rejected or goods the acceptance of which is justifiably revoked, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in connection with effecting cover, and any other reasonable expense incident to the default<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Consequential damages<\/span> resulting from a lessor’s default<\/span> include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the lessor at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLESSEE’S INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (\u00a7 8.2A-520)\n\n1. Incidental damages resulting from a lessor’s default include expenses\nreasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation, and care and custody\nof goods rightfully rejected or goods the acceptance of which is justifiably\nrevoked, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in\nconnection with effecting cover, and any other reasonable expense incident to\nthe default.\n\n2. Consequential damages resulting from a lessor’s default include:\n\n a. Any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of\n which the lessor at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could\n not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and\n\n b. Injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of\n warranty.\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}}