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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70163</law_id><section_number>59.1-507.2</section_number><catch_line>Waiver of remedy for breach of contract</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-503.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="43">Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Breach of Contract</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> A claim or right arising out of a breach of <span class="dictionary">contract</span> may be discharged in whole or part without consideration by a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> in a record to which the <span class="dictionary">party</span> making the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> agrees after breach, such as by manifesting assent, or which the <span class="dictionary">party</span> making the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> authenticates and delivers to the other <span class="dictionary">party</span>. <a id="paragraph-253370" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-507.2/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> A <span class="dictionary">party</span> that accepts a performance with knowledge that the performance constitutes a breach of <span class="dictionary">contract</span> and, within a reasonable time after acceptance, does not notify the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> of the breach <span class="dictionary">waives</span> all remedies for the breach, unless acceptance was made on the reasonable assumption that the breach would be cured and it has not been seasonably cured. However, a <span class="dictionary">party</span> that seasonably notifies the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> of a reservation of rights does not <span class="dictionary">waive</span> the rights reserved. <a id="paragraph-253371" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-507.2/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> A <span class="dictionary">party</span> that refuses a performance and fails to identify a particular defect that is ascertainable by reasonable inspection <span class="dictionary">waives</span> the right to rely on that defect to justify refusal only if: <a id="paragraph-253372" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-507.2/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> could have cured the defect if it were identified seasonably; or <a id="paragraph-253373" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-507.2/#c1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> between merchants, the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> after refusal made a request in a record for a full and final statement of all defects on which the refusing <span class="dictionary">party</span> relied. <a id="paragraph-253374" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-507.2/#c2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> <span class="dictionary">Waiver</span> of a remedy for breach of <span class="dictionary">contract</span> in one performance does not <span class="dictionary">waive</span> any remedy for the same or a similar breach in future performances unless the <span class="dictionary">party</span> making the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> expressly so states. <a id="paragraph-253375" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-507.2/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> A <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> may not be retracted as to the performance to which the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> applies. <a id="paragraph-253376" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-507.2/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f"><p><span class="prefix-number">f.</span> Except for a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> in accordance with subsection (a) or a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> supported by consideration, a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> affecting an executory portion of a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> may be retracted by seasonable notice received by the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> that strict performance will be required in the future, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a <span class="dictionary">material</span> change of position in reliance on the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> by that <span class="dictionary">party</span>. <a id="paragraph-253377" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-507.2/#f"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
