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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75475</law_id><section_number>8.2A-501</section_number><catch_line>Default; procedure</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-303</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="5">Default</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Whether the lessor or the lessee is in <span class="dictionary">default</span> under a lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is determined by the lease agreement and this title. <a id="paragraph-270907" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-501/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the lessor or the lessee is in <span class="dictionary">default</span> under the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, the <span class="dictionary">party</span> seeking enforcement has rights and remedies as provided in this title and, except as limited by this title, as provided in the lease agreement. <a id="paragraph-270908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-501/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If the lessor or the lessee is in <span class="dictionary">default</span> under the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, the <span class="dictionary">party</span> seeking enforcement may reduce the <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s claim to <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, or otherwise enforce the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> by self-help or any available judicial procedure or nonjudicial procedure, including administrative proceeding, arbitration, or the like, in accordance with this title. <a id="paragraph-270909" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-501/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Remedies to be liberally administered" href="/8.1A-305/">8.1A-305</a> or this title or the lease agreement, the rights and remedies referred to in subsections (2) and (3) of this section are cumulative. <a id="paragraph-270910" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-501/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If the lease agreement covers both real property and goods, the <span class="dictionary">party</span> seeking enforcement may proceed under this part as to the goods, or under other applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span> as to both the real property and the goods in accordance with that <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s rights and remedies in respect of the real property, in which case this part does not apply. <a id="paragraph-270911" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-501/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536; 2003, c. 353.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
