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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74347</law_id><section_number>8.2A-519</section_number><catch_line>Lessee&amp;#8217;s damages for nondelivery, repudiation, default, and breach of warranty in regard to accepted goods</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-507</reference><reference>8.2A-508</reference><reference>8.2A-518</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 <span class="dictionary">damages</span> liquidated in the lease agreement (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Liquidation of damages" href="/8.2A-504/">8.2A-504</a>) or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement of the parties (&#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Variation by agreement" href="/8.1A-302/">8.1A-302</a> and <a class="law" title="Modification or impairment of rights and remedies" href="/8.2A-503/">8.2A-503</a>), if a lessee elects not to cover or a lessee elects to cover and the cover is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under subsection (2) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Cover; substitute goods" href="/8.2A-518/">8.2A-518</a>, or is by purchase or otherwise, the measure of <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for nondelivery or repudiation by the lessor or for rejection or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of acceptance by the lessee is the present value as of the date of the <span class="dictionary">default</span>, of the then market rent minus the present value as of the same date of the original rent, computed for the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement, together with incidental and consequential <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessor&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">default</span>. <a id="paragraph-267255" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-519/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Market rent is to be determined as of the place for tender or, in cases of rejection after arrival or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of acceptance, as of the place of arrival. <a id="paragraph-267256" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-519/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Except as otherwise agreed, the lessee has accepted goods and given notification (subsection (3) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Effect of acceptance of goods; notice of default; burden of establishing default after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable" href="/8.2A-516/">8.2A-516</a>), the measure of <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for nonconforming tender or delivery or other <span class="dictionary">default</span> by a lessor is the loss resulting in the ordinary course of events from the lessor&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">default</span> as determined in any manner that is reasonable together with incidental and consequential <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessor&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">default</span>. <a id="paragraph-267257" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-519/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Except as otherwise agreed, the measure of <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for breach of warranty is the present value at the time and place of acceptance of the difference between the value of the use of the goods accepted and the value if they had been as warranted for the lease term, unless special circumstances show proximate <span class="dictionary">damages</span> of a different amount, together with incidental and consequential <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessor&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">default</span> or breach of warranty. <a id="paragraph-267258" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-519/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536; 2003, c. 353.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
