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If the lease contract so provides, the lessor may require the lessee to assemble the goods and make them available to the lessor at a place to be designated by the lessor which is reasonably convenient to both parties. Without removal, the lessor may render unusable any goods employed in trade or business, and may dispose of goods on the lessee’s premises (§ 8.2A-527).3\n\nThe lessor may proceed under subsection (2) of this section without judicial process if it can be done without breach of the peace or the lessor may proceed by action.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":262482,"text":"If a lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent, the lessor may refuse to deliver the goods.","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"next_prefix":"2"},"1":{"id":262483,"text":"After a default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in subsection (1) of § 8.2A-523 or subdivision (3) (a) of § 8.2A-523 or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor has the right to take possession of the goods. If the lease contract so provides, the lessor may require the lessee to assemble the goods and make them available to the lessor at a place to be designated by the lessor which is reasonably convenient to both parties. Without removal, the lessor may render unusable any goods employed in trade or business, and may dispose of goods on the lessee’s premises (§ 8.2A-527).","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"2":{"id":262484,"text":"The lessor may proceed under subsection (2) of this section without judicial process if it can be done without breach of the peace or the lessor may proceed by action.","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15201,"edition_id":1,"name":"Default by Lessee","identifier":"C","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13913,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:55","permalink":{"id":282663,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15201,"identifier":"C","token":"8.2A\/5\/C","url":"\/8.2A\/5\/C\/","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":58736,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-523","catch_line":"Lessor's remedies","url":"\/8.2A-523\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-523","metadata":false},{"id":57869,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-524","catch_line":"Lessor's right to identify goods to lease contract","url":"\/8.2A-524\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-524","metadata":false},{"id":72857,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-525","catch_line":"Lessor's right to possession of goods","url":"\/8.2A-525\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-525","metadata":false},{"id":83435,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-526","catch_line":"Lessor's stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise","url":"\/8.2A-526\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-526","metadata":false},{"id":73411,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-527","catch_line":"Lessor's rights to dispose of goods","url":"\/8.2A-527\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-527","metadata":false},{"id":69309,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-528","catch_line":"Lessor's damages for nonacceptance or repudiation","url":"\/8.2A-528\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-528","metadata":false},{"id":80116,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-529","catch_line":"Lessor's action for the rent","url":"\/8.2A-529\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-529","metadata":false},{"id":83625,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-530","catch_line":"Lessor's incidental damages","url":"\/8.2A-530\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-530","metadata":false},{"id":70690,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-531","catch_line":"Standing to sue third parties for injury to goods","url":"\/8.2A-531\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-531","metadata":false},{"id":77975,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-532","catch_line":"Lessor's rights to residual interest","url":"\/8.2A-532\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-532","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":57869,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-524","catch_line":"Lessor's right to identify goods to lease contract","url":"\/8.2A-524\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-524","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":83435,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-526","catch_line":"Lessor's stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise","url":"\/8.2A-526\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-526","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.2A-525\/","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":60366,"section_number":"8.2A-504","catch_line":"Liquidation of damages","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-504\/"},{"id":58736,"section_number":"8.2A-523","catch_line":"Lessor's remedies","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-523\/"},{"id":73411,"section_number":"8.2A-527","catch_line":"Lessor's rights to dispose of goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-527\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58736,"section_number":"8.2A-523","catch_line":"Lessor's remedies","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-523\/"},{"id":73411,"section_number":"8.2A-527","catch_line":"Lessor's rights to dispose of goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-527\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282673,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72857,"identifier":"8.2A-525","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-525","url":"\/8.2A-525\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-525\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-525","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lessor’s right to possession of goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-525","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> If a lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent, the lessor may refuse to deliver the goods. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> After a default<\/span> by the lessee under the lease contract<\/span> of the type described in subsection (1) of § 8.2A-523<\/a> or subdivision (3) (a) of § 8.2A-523<\/a> or, if agreed, after other default<\/span> by the lessee, the lessor has the right to take possession<\/span> of the goods. If the lease contract<\/span> so provides, the lessor may require the lessee to assemble the goods and make them available to the lessor at a place to be designated by the lessor which is reasonably convenient to both parties. Without removal, the lessor may render unusable any goods employed in trade or business, and may dispose of goods on the lessee’s premises (§ 8.2A-527<\/a>). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The lessor may proceed under subsection (2) of this section without judicial process if it can be done without breach of the peace or the lessor may proceed by action. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLESSOR’S RIGHT TO POSSESSION OF GOODS (\u00a7 8.2A-525)\n\n1. If a lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent, the lessor may refuse to\ndeliver the goods.\n\n2. After a default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described\nin subsection (1) of § 8.2A-523 or subdivision (3) (a) of § 8.2A-523\nor, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor has the right to\ntake possession of the goods. If the lease contract so provides, the lessor may\nrequire the lessee to assemble the goods and make them available to the lessor\nat a place to be designated by the lessor which is reasonably convenient to both\nparties. Without removal, the lessor may render unusable any goods employed in\ntrade or business, and may dispose of goods on the lessee’s premises\n(§ 8.2A-527).\n\n3. The lessor may proceed under subsection (2) of this section without judicial\nprocess if it can be done without breach of the peace or the lessor may proceed\nby action.\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}}