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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78053</law_id><section_number>8.2A-516</section_number><catch_line>Effect of acceptance of goods; notice of default; burden of establishing default after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-519</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> A lessee shall pay rent for any goods accepted in accordance with the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, with due allowance for goods rightfully rejected or not delivered. <a id="paragraph-279830" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A lessee&#x2019;s acceptance of goods precludes rejection of the goods accepted. In the case of a finance lease, if made with knowledge of a nonconformity, acceptance cannot be revoked because of it. In any other case, if made with knowledge of a nonconformity, acceptance cannot be revoked because of it unless the acceptance was on the reasonable assumption that the nonconformity would be seasonably cured. Acceptance does not of itself impair any other remedy provided by this title or the lease agreement for nonconformity. <a id="paragraph-279831" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If a tender has been accepted: <a id="paragraph-279832" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Within a reasonable time after the lessee discovers or should have discovered any <span class="dictionary">default</span>, the lessee shall notify the lessor and the supplier, if any, or be barred from any remedy against the <span class="dictionary">party</span> not notified; <a id="paragraph-279833" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#3a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Except in the case of a consumer lease, within a reasonable time after the lessee receives notice of <span class="dictionary">litigation</span> for infringement or the like (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee's obligation against infringement" href="/8.2A-211/">8.2A-211</a>) the lessee shall notify the lessor or be barred from any remedy for liability established by the <span class="dictionary">litigation</span>; and <a id="paragraph-279834" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#3b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3c" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> The burden is on the lessee to establish any <span class="dictionary">default</span>. <a id="paragraph-279835" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#3c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> If a lessee is sued for breach of a warranty or other obligation for which a lessor or a supplier is answerable the following apply: <a id="paragraph-279836" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> The lessee may give the lessor or the supplier, or both, written notice of the <span class="dictionary">litigation</span>. If the notice states that the person notified may come in and defend and that if the lessor or the supplier does not do so that person will be bound in any action against that person by the lessee by any determination of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> common to the two <span class="dictionary">litigations</span>, then unless the person notified after seasonable receipt of the notice does come in and defend that person is so bound. <a id="paragraph-279837" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#4a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> The lessor or the supplier may demand in writing that the lessee turn over control of the <span class="dictionary">litigation</span> including <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> if the claim is one for infringement or the like (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee's obligation against infringement" href="/8.2A-211/">8.2A-211</a>) or else be barred from any remedy. If the demand states that the lessor or the supplier agrees to bear all expense and to satisfy any adverse <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, then unless the lessee after seasonable receipt of the demand does turn over control the lessee is so barred. <a id="paragraph-279838" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#4b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Subsections (3) and (4) of this section apply to any obligation of a lessee to hold the lessor or the supplier harmless against infringement or the like (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee's obligation against infringement" href="/8.2A-211/">8.2A-211</a>). <a id="paragraph-279839" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-516/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
