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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73411</law_id><section_number>8.2A-527</section_number><catch_line>Lessor&amp;#8217;s rights to dispose of goods</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.2A-304</reference><reference>8.2A-523</reference><reference>8.2A-524</reference><reference>8.2A-525</reference><reference>8.2A-528</reference><reference>8.2A-529</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> After a <span class="dictionary">default</span> by a 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 subsection (3) (a) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's remedies" href="/8.2A-523/">8.2A-523</a> or after the lessor refuses to deliver or takes <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of goods (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's right to possession of goods" href="/8.2A-525/">8.2A-525</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise" href="/8.2A-526/">8.2A-526</a>), or, it agreed, after other <span class="dictionary">default</span> by a lessee, the lessor may dispose of the goods concerned or the undelivered balance thereof by lease, sale or otherwise. <a id="paragraph-264195" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-527/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</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 the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> is by lease agreement substantially similar to the original lease agreement and the new lease agreement is made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, the lessor may recover from the lessee as <span class="dictionary">damages</span> (i) accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of the commencement of the term of the new lease agreement, (ii) the present value, as of the same date of the total rent for the then remaining lease term of the original lease agreement minus the present value, as of the same date, of the rent under the new lease agreement applicable to that period of the new lease term which is comparable to the then remaining term of the original lease agreement, and (iii) any incidental <span class="dictionary">damages</span> allowed under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's incidental damages" href="/8.2A-530/">8.2A-530</a>, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">default</span>. <a id="paragraph-264196" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-527/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If the lessor&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under subsection (2) of this section, or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from the lessee as if the lessor had elected not to dispose of the goods and &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's damages for nonacceptance or repudiation" href="/8.2A-528/">8.2A-528</a> governs. <a id="paragraph-264197" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-527/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A subsequent buyer or lessee who buys or leases from the lessor in good faith for value as a result of a <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> under this section takes the goods free of the original lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> and any rights of the original lessee even though the lessor fails to comply with one or more of the requirements of this title. <a id="paragraph-264198" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-527/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The lessor is not accountable to the lessee for any profit made on any <span class="dictionary">disposition</span>. A lessee who has rightfully rejected or justifiably revoked acceptance shall account to the lessor for any excess over the amount of the lessee&#x2019;s security interest (subsection (5) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessee's remedies" href="/8.2A-508/">8.2A-508</a>). <a id="paragraph-264199" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-527/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536; 2003, c. 353.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
