Virginia § 59.1-507.9 - Anticipatory repudiation
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 59.1-507.9 — Anticipatory repudiation, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 59.1-507.9. Anticipatory repudiation
(a) If a party to a contract repudiates a performance not yet due and the loss of performance will substantially impair the value of the contract to the other party, the aggrieved party may:
(1) await performance by the repudiating party for a commercially reasonable time or resort to any remedy for breach of contract, even if it has urged the repudiating party to retract the repudiation or has notified the repudiating party that it would await its performance; and
(2) in either case, suspend its own performance or proceed in accordance with § 59.1-508.12 or § 59.1-508.13, as applicable.
(b) Repudiation includes language that one party will not or cannot make a performance still due under the contract or voluntary, affirmative conduct that reasonably appears to the other party to make a future performance impossible.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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