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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87434</law_id><section_number>8.2A-210</section_number><catch_line>Express warranties</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="8.2A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Leases</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Formation and Construction of Lease Contract</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Express warranties by the lessor are created as follows: <a id="paragraph-312992" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-210/#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 lessor to the lessee which relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods will conform to the affirmation or promise. <a id="paragraph-312993" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-210/#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 will conform to the description. <a id="paragraph-312994" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-210/#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 that is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the whole of the goods will conform to the sample or model. <a id="paragraph-312995" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-210/#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 lessor use formal words, such as &#x201C;warrant&#x201D; or &#x201C;guarantee,&#x201D; or that the lessor 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 lessor&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> or commendation of the goods does not create a warranty. <a id="paragraph-312996" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-210/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
