What constitutes acceptance of goods (§ 8.2-606)—Virginia Decoded

What constitutes acceptance of goods

(1. Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer

(a. after a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods signifies to the seller that the goods are conforming or that he will take or retain them in spite of their nonconformity; or

(b. fails to make an effective rejection (subsection (1) of § 8.2-602), but such acceptance does not occur until the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect them; or

(c. does any act inconsistent with the seller’s ownership; but if such act is wrongful as against the seller it is an acceptance only if ratified by him.

(2. Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire unit.

History

1964, c. 219.

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Court Decisions

Flowers Baking Co. v. RP Packaging, Inc. (SCV, 04/26/85)
. . . Rather than making an acceptance under Code § 8.2-606, Flowers says that it rightfully rejected . . .

MOORE & MOORE v. Basepoint (SCV, 04/18/97)
. . . unit or units and reject the rest." . . .

McLean Bank v. Nelson (SCV, 11/26/86)
. . . the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) in Code | 8.2-606 which concerns acceptance of goods and as it . . .

Twin Lakes Mfg. Co. v. Coffey (SCV, 09/11/81)
. . . with the seller's ownership". Code § 8.2-606(1)(c). . . .

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