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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70655</law_id><section_number>8.2A-512</section_number><catch_line>Lessee&amp;#8217;s duties as to rightfully rejected goods</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-511</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="B">Default by Lessor</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Merchant lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods" href="/8.2A-511/">8.2A-511</a>) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (subsection (5) of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Lessee's remedies" href="/8.2A-508/">8.2A-508</a>): <a id="paragraph-254884" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-512/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> The lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, shall hold them with reasonable care at the lessor&#x2019;s or the supplier&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> for a reasonable time after the lessee&#x2019;s seasonable notification of rejection; <a id="paragraph-254885" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-512/#1a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> If the lessor or the supplier gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection, the lessee may store the rejected goods for the lessor&#x2019;s or the supplier&#x2019;s account or ship them to the lessor or the supplier or dispose of them for the lessor&#x2019;s or the supplier&#x2019;s account with reimbursement in the manner provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Merchant lessee's duties as to rightfully rejected goods" href="/8.2A-511/">8.2A-511</a>; but <a id="paragraph-254886" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-512/#1b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1c" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> The lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected. <a id="paragraph-254887" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-512/#1c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Action by the lessee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is not acceptance or conversion. <a id="paragraph-254888" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-512/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
