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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78858</law_id><section_number>8.2A-401</section_number><catch_line>Insecurity: adequate assurance of performance</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-402</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="4">Performance of Lease Contract; Repudiated, Substituted and Excused</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> imposes an obligation on each <span class="dictionary">party</span> that the other&#x2019;s expectation of receiving due performance will not be impaired. <a id="paragraph-282480" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-401/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either <span class="dictionary">party</span>, the insecure <span class="dictionary">party</span> may demand in writing adequate assurance of due performance. Until the insecure <span class="dictionary">party</span> receives that assurance, if commercially reasonable the insecure <span class="dictionary">party</span> may suspend any performance for which he or she has not already received the agreed return. <a id="paragraph-282481" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-401/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A repudiation of the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> occurs if assurance of due performance adequate under the circumstances of the particular case is not provided to the insecure <span class="dictionary">party</span> within a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty days after receipt of a demand by the other <span class="dictionary">party</span>. <a id="paragraph-282482" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-401/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Between merchants, the reasonableness of grounds for insecurity and the adequacy of any assurance offered shall be determined according to commercial standards. <a id="paragraph-282483" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-401/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Acceptance of any nonconforming delivery or payment does not prejudice the <span class="dictionary">aggrieved party</span>&#x2019;s right to demand adequate assurance of future performance. <a id="paragraph-282484" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-401/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
