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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":282655,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76119,"identifier":"8.2A-521","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-521","url":"\/8.2A-521\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-521\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/B\/8.2A-521","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lessee’s right to specific performance or other similar rights","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-521","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Specific performance may be decreed if the goods are unique or in other proper circumstances. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A decree<\/span> for specific performance may include any terms and conditions as to payment of the rent, damages<\/span>, or other relief that the court<\/span> deems just. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A lessee has a right of detinue, sequestration, claim and delivery, or the like for goods identified to the lease contract<\/span> if after reasonable effort the lessee is unable to effect cover for those goods or the circumstances reasonably indicate that the effort will be unavailing. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLESSEE’S RIGHT TO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OR OTHER SIMILAR RIGHTS (\u00a7\n8.2A-521)\n\n1. Specific performance may be decreed if the goods are unique or in other\nproper circumstances.\n\n2. A decree for specific performance may include any terms and conditions as to\npayment of the rent, damages, or other relief that the court deems just.\n\n3. A lessee has a right of detinue, sequestration, claim and delivery, or the\nlike for goods identified to the lease contract if after reasonable effort the\nlessee is unable to effect cover for those goods or the circumstances reasonably\nindicate that the effort will be unavailing.\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}}