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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0708\">708<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0721\">721<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467375,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368134,"identifier":"54.1-2335","token":"54.1\/II\/23.1\/54.1-2335","url":"\/54.1-2335\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2335\/","token":"54.1\/II\/23.1\/54.1-2335","dublin_core":{"Title":"Breach of contract by seller; trust to be single purpose trust","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2335","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If, after a written request, the <span class=\"dictionary\">seller<\/span> fails to perform its contractual duties, the purchaser, executor or administrator of the estate, or heirs, or assigns or duly authorized representative of the purchaser shall be entitled to maintain a proper legal or <span class=\"dictionary\">equitable<\/span> action in any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of competent <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>. No other purchaser need be made a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> to or receive notice of any proceeding brought pursuant to this section relating to the performance of any other <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>.<\/p><p>The trust shall be a single purpose trust, and the trust funds shall not be available to any <span class=\"dictionary\">creditors<\/span> as <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">seller<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBREACH OF CONTRACT BY SELLER; TRUST TO BE SINGLE PURPOSE TRUST (\u00a7 54.1-2335)\n\nIf, after a written request, the seller fails to perform its contractual duties,\nthe purchaser, executor or administrator of the estate, or heirs, or assigns or\nduly authorized representative of the purchaser shall be entitled to maintain a\nproper legal or equitable action in any court of competent jurisdiction. No\nother purchaser need be made a party to or receive notice of any proceeding\nbrought pursuant to this section relating to the performance of any other\ncontract.\n\nThe trust shall be a single purpose trust, and the trust funds shall not be\navailable to any creditors as assets of the seller.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, cc. 708, 721.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}