Virginia § 8.2-714 - Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 8.2-714 — Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8.2-714. Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods
(1) Where the buyer has accepted goods and given notification (subsection (3) of § 8.2-607) he may recover as damages for any nonconformity of tender the loss resulting in the ordinary course of events from the seller's breach as determined in any manner which is reasonable.
(2) The measure of damages for breach of warranty is the difference at the time and place of acceptance between the value of the goods accepted and the value they would have had if they had been as warranted, unless special circumstances show proximate damages of a different amount.
(3) In a proper case any incidental and consequential damages under the next section [§ 8.2-715] may also be recovered.
1964, c. 219.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8.2-714 ("Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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