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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81149</law_id><section_number>8.1A-204</section_number><catch_line>Value</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>29.1-733.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.1A">Uniform Commercial Code &#x2014; General Provisions</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as otherwise provided in Titles 8.3A, 8.4, 8.5A, and 8.12, a person gives value for rights if the person acquires them:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> in return for a binding commitment to extend credit or for the extension of immediately available credit, whether or not drawn upon and whether or not a charge-back is provided for in the event of difficulties in collection; <a id="paragraph-290870" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.1A-204/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> as security for, or in total or partial satisfaction of, a preexisting claim; <a id="paragraph-290871" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.1A-204/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> by accepting delivery under a preexisting <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for purchase; or <a id="paragraph-290872" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.1A-204/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> in return for any consideration sufficient to support a simple <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-290873" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.1A-204/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.1-201 (44); 1973, c. 509; 1984, c. 613; 1991, c. 536; 1992, c. 693; 2000, c. 1007; 2003, c. 353; 2011, c. 369; 2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
