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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69309</law_id><section_number>8.2A-528</section_number><catch_line>Lessor&amp;#8217;s damages for nonacceptance or repudiation</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-523</reference><reference>8.2A-527</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> 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 lessor elects to retain the goods or a lessor elects to dispose of the goods and <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under subsection (2) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lessor's rights to dispose of goods" href="/8.2A-527/">8.2A-527</a>, or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from the lessee as <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for a <span class="dictionary">default</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, for other <span class="dictionary">default</span> of the lessee (i) accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of <span class="dictionary">default</span> if the lessee has never taken <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the goods or, if the lessee has taken <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the goods, as of the date the lessor repossessed the goods or an earlier date on which the lessee makes a tender of the goods to the lessor, (ii) the present value as of the date determined under clause (i) 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 market rent at the place where the goods are located computed for the same lease term, 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-250705" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-528/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the measure of <span class="dictionary">damages</span> provided in subsection (1) of this section is inadequate to put a lessor in as good a position as performance would have, the measure of <span class="dictionary">damages</span> is the present value of the profit, including reasonable overhead, the lessor would have made from full performance by the lessee, together with 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>, due allowance for costs reasonably incurred and due credit for payments or proceeds of <span class="dictionary">disposition</span>. <a id="paragraph-250706" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-528/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536; 2003, c. 353.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
