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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80432</law_id><section_number>8.2-313</section_number><catch_line>Express warranties by affirmation, promise, description, sample</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.2">Commercial Code - Sales</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">General Obligation and Construction of Contract</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Express warranties by the seller are created as follows: <a id="paragraph-288130" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-313/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Any affirmation of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the affirmation or promise. <a id="paragraph-288131" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-313/#1a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Any description of the goods which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the description. <a id="paragraph-288132" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-313/#1b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1c" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Any sample or model which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the whole of the goods shall conform to the sample or model. <a id="paragraph-288133" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-313/#1c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> It is not necessary to the creation of an express warranty that the seller use formal words such as &#x201C;warrant&#x201D; or &#x201C;guarantee&#x201D; or that he have a specific intention to make a warranty, but an affirmation merely of the value of the goods or a statement purporting to be merely the seller&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> or commendation of the goods does not create a warranty. <a id="paragraph-288134" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-313/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
