                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BUYER&#8217;S RIGHT TO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OR DETINUE (§ 8.2-716)

1. Specific performance may be decreed where the goods are unique or in other
proper circumstances.

2. The decree for specific performance may include such terms and conditions as
to payment of the price, damages, or other relief as the court may deem just.

3. The buyer has a right of detinue for goods identified to the contract if
after reasonable effort he is unable to effect cover for such goods or the
circumstances reasonably indicate that such effort will be unavailing or if the
goods have been shipped under reservation and satisfaction of the security
interest in them has been made or tendered. In the case of goods bought for
personal, family, or household purposes, the buyer&#8217;s right of detinue
vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then
repudiated or failed to deliver.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 1966, c. 392; 2000, c. 1007.