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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75601</law_id><section_number>8.2-511</section_number><catch_line>Tender of payment by buyer; payment by check</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="5">Performance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Unless otherwise agreed tender of payment is a condition to the seller&#x2019;s duty to tender and complete any delivery. <a id="paragraph-271553" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-511/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Tender of payment is sufficient when made by any means or in any manner current in the ordinary course of business unless the seller demands payment in legal tender and gives any extension of time reasonably necessary to procure it. <a id="paragraph-271554" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-511/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Subject to the provisions of this act on the effect of an instrument on an obligation (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Effect of instrument on obligation for which taken" href="/8.3A-310/">8.3A-310</a>), payment by check is conditional and is defeated as between the parties by dishonor of the check on due <span class="dictionary">presentment</span>. <a id="paragraph-271555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-511/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219; 1992, c. 693.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
