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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74031</law_id><section_number>8.2-504</section_number><catch_line>Shipment by seller</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2-319</reference><reference>8.2-503</reference><reference>8.2-505</reference></referred_to_by><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="5">Performance</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Where the seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer and the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> does not require him to deliver them at a particular destination, then unless otherwise agreed he must</p></section>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> put the goods in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of such a carrier and make such a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for their transportation as may be reasonable having regard to the nature of the goods and other circumstances of the case; and <a id="paragraph-266278" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-504/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> obtain and promptly deliver or tender in due form any document necessary to enable the buyer to obtain <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the goods or otherwise required by the agreement or by usage of trade; and <a id="paragraph-266279" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-504/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> promptly notify the buyer of the shipment.
			Failure to notify the buyer under paragraph (c) or to make a proper <span class="dictionary">contract</span> under paragraph (a) is a ground for rejection only if <span class="dictionary">material</span> delay or loss ensues. <a id="paragraph-266280" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-504/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
