                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN CONTRACTS FOR SALE (§ 8.2-725)

1. An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced within four
years after the cause of action has accrued. By the original agreement the
parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one year but may
not extend it.

2. A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved
party&#8217;s lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of warranty occurs when
tender of delivery is made, except that where a warranty explicitly extends to
future performance of the goods and discovery of the breach must await the time
of such performance the cause of action accrues when the breach is or should
have been discovered.

3. Where an action commenced within the time limited by subsection (1) is so
terminated as to leave available a remedy by another action for the same breach
such other action may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and
within six months after the termination of the first action unless the
termination resulted from voluntary discontinuance or from dismissal for failure
or neglect to prosecute.

4. This section does not alter the law on tolling of the statute of limitations
nor does it apply to causes of action which have accrued before this act becomes
effective.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 219.