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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80194</law_id><section_number>8.2A-221</section_number><catch_line>Casualty to identified goods</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><p>If a lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> requires goods identified when the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of the lessee, the lessor or the supplier before delivery, or the goods suffer casualty before risk of loss passes to the lessee pursuant to the lease agreement or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Risk of loss" href="/8.2A-219/">8.2A-219</a>, then if:</p></section>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> The loss is total, the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is avoided; and <a id="paragraph-287060" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-221/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> The loss is partial or the goods have so deteriorated as to no longer conform to the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, the lessee may nevertheless demand inspection and at his or her option either treat the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> as avoided or, except in a finance lease that is not a consumer lease, accept the goods with due allowance from the rent payable for the balance of the lease term for the deterioration or the deficiency in quantity but without further right against the lessor. <a id="paragraph-287061" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-221/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
