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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63414</law_id><section_number>8.2A-211</section_number><catch_line>Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee&amp;#8217;s obligation against infringement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-214</reference><reference>8.2A-516</reference></referred_to_by><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> There is in a lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a claim to or interest in the goods that arose from an act or omission of the lessor, other than a claim by way of infringement or the like, which will interfere with the lessee&#x2019;s enjoyment of its leasehold interest. <a id="paragraph-231109" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-211/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Except in a finance lease there is in a lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> by a lessor who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind a warranty that the goods are delivered free of the rightful claim of any person by way of infringement or the like. <a id="paragraph-231110" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-211/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A lessee who furnishes specifications to a lessor or a supplier shall hold the lessor and the supplier harmless against any claim by way of infringement or the like that arises out of compliance with the specifications. <a id="paragraph-231111" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-211/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
