{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/8.2A-526.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/8.2A-526.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/8.2A-526.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/8.2A-526.html"}],"law_id":83435,"edition_id":1,"section_id":83435,"structure_id":15201,"section_number":"8.2A-526","catch_line":"Lessor’s stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise","history":"1991, c. 536; 2004, c. 200.","full_text":"1\n\nA lessor may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee if the lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload, or larger shipments of express or freight if the lessee repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery, whether for rent, security or otherwise under the lease contract, or for any other reason the lessor has a right to withhold or take possession of the goods.2\n\nIn pursuing its remedies under subsection (1) of this section, the lessor may stop delivery until:a\n\nReceipt of the goods by the lessee;b\n\nAcknowledgment to the lessee by any bailee of the goods, except a carrier, that the bailee holds the goods for the lessee; 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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 2004, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/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\/"},{"id":74675,"section_number":"8.7-403","catch_line":"Obligation of bailee to deliver; excuse","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.7-403\/"},{"id":83770,"section_number":"8.7-504","catch_line":"Rights acquired in the absence of due negotiation; effect of diversion; seller's stoppage of delivery","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.7-504\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282677,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83435,"identifier":"8.2A-526","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-526","url":"\/8.2A-526\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-526\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-526","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lessor’s stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-526","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A lessor may stop delivery of goods in the possession<\/span> of a carrier or other bailee if the lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload, or larger shipments of express or freight if the lessee repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery, whether for rent, security or otherwise under the lease contract<\/span>, or for any other reason the lessor has a right to withhold or take possession<\/span> of the goods. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> In pursuing its remedies under subsection (1) of this section, the lessor may stop delivery until: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Receipt of the goods by the lessee; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Acknowledgment to the lessee by any bailee of the goods, except a carrier, that the bailee holds the goods for the lessee; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Such an acknowledgment to the lessee by a carrier via reshipment or as a warehouse. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> (a) To stop delivery, a lessor shall so notify as to enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery of the goods. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> After notification, the bailee shall hold and deliver the goods according to the directions of the lessor, but the lessor is liable to the bailee for any ensuing charges or damages<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> A carrier who has issued a nonnegotiable bill of lading is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received from a person other than the consignor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLESSOR’S STOPPAGE OF DELIVERY IN TRANSIT OR OTHERWISE (\u00a7 8.2A-526)\n\n1. A lessor may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other\nbailee if the lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent and may stop delivery\nof carload, truckload, planeload, or larger shipments of express or freight if\nthe lessee repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery, whether\nfor rent, security or otherwise under the lease contract, or for any other\nreason the lessor has a right to withhold or take possession of the goods.\n\n2. In pursuing its remedies under subsection (1) of this section, the lessor may\nstop delivery until:\n\n a. Receipt of the goods by the lessee;\n\n b. Acknowledgment to the lessee by any bailee of the goods, except a carrier,\n that the bailee holds the goods for the lessee; or\n\n c. Such an acknowledgment to the lessee by a carrier via reshipment or as a\n warehouse.\n\n3. (a) To stop delivery, a lessor shall so notify as to enable the bailee by\nreasonable diligence to prevent delivery of the goods.\n\n b. After notification, the bailee shall hold and deliver the goods according\n to the directions of the lessor, but the lessor is liable to the bailee for\n any ensuing charges or damages.\n\n c. A carrier who has issued a nonnegotiable bill of lading is not obliged to\n obey a notification to stop received from a person other than the consignor.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 536; 2004, c. 200.","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}}