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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59618</law_id><section_number>8.2A-506</section_number><catch_line>Statute of limitation</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="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> An action for <span class="dictionary">default</span> under a lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, including breach of warranty or indemnity, shall be commenced within four years after the <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> accrued. By the original lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one year. <a id="paragraph-218361" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-506/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> for <span class="dictionary">default</span> accrues when the act or omission on which the <span class="dictionary">default</span> or breach of warranty is based is or should have been discovered by the <span class="dictionary">aggrieved party</span>, or when the <span class="dictionary">default</span> occurs, whichever is later. A <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> for indemnity accrues when the act or omission on which the claim for indemnity is based is or should have been discovered by the indemnified party, whichever is later. <a id="paragraph-218362" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-506/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If an action commenced within the time limited by subsection (1) of this section is so terminated as to leave available a remedy by another action for the same <span class="dictionary">default</span> or breach of warranty or indemnity, the other action may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and within six months after the termination of the first action unless the termination resulted from <span class="dictionary">dismissal</span> for failure or neglect to <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span>. <a id="paragraph-218363" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-506/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> This section does not alter the <span class="dictionary">law</span> on tolling of the <span class="dictionary">statute of limitations</span> nor does it apply to causes of action that have accrued before this title becomes effective. <a id="paragraph-218364" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-506/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
