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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72857</law_id><section_number>8.2A-525</section_number><catch_line>Lessor&amp;#8217;s right to possession of goods</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-504</reference><reference>8.2A-523</reference><reference>8.2A-527</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="C">Default by Lessee</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If a lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent, the lessor may refuse to deliver the goods. <a id="paragraph-262482" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-525/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> After a <span class="dictionary">default</span> by the lessee under the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of the type described in subsection (1) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's remedies" href="/8.2A-523/">8.2A-523</a> or subdivision (3) (a) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's remedies" href="/8.2A-523/">8.2A-523</a> or, if agreed, after other <span class="dictionary">default</span> by the lessee, the lessor has the right to take <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the goods. If the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> so provides, the lessor may require the lessee to assemble the goods and make them available to the lessor at a place to be designated by the lessor which is reasonably convenient to both parties. Without removal, the lessor may render unusable any goods employed in trade or business, and may dispose of goods on the lessee&#x2019;s premises (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's rights to dispose of goods" href="/8.2A-527/">8.2A-527</a>). <a id="paragraph-262483" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-525/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The lessor may proceed under subsection (2) of this section without judicial process if it can be done without breach of the peace or the lessor may proceed by action. <a id="paragraph-262484" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-525/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
