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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68731</law_id><section_number>8.2-608</section_number><catch_line>Revocation of acceptance in whole or in part</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="6">Breach, Repudiation and Excuse</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The buyer may revoke his acceptance of a lot or commercial unit whose non-conformity substantially impairs its value to him if he has accepted it <a id="paragraph-248808" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-608/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> on the reasonable assumption that its nonconformity would be cured and it has not been seasonably cured; or <a id="paragraph-248809" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-608/#1a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> without <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> of such nonconformity if his acceptance was reasonably induced either by the difficulty of <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> before acceptance or by the seller&#x2019;s assurances. <a id="paragraph-248810" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-608/#1b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Revocation</span> of acceptance must occur within a reasonable time after the buyer discovers or should have discovered the ground for it and before any substantial change in condition of the goods which is not caused by their own defects. It is not effective until the buyer notifies the seller of it. <a id="paragraph-248811" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-608/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A buyer who so revokes has the same rights and duties with regard to the goods involved as if he had rejected them. <a id="paragraph-248812" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2-608/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
