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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377885</law_id><section_number>8.1A-106</section_number><catch_line>Use of singular and plural; gender</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="13" identifier="8.1A">Uniform Commercial Code &#x2014; General Provisions</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In the Uniform Commercial Code, unless the statutory context otherwise requires:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and <a id="paragraph-1409427" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.1A-106/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> words of any gender also refer to any other gender. <a id="paragraph-1409428" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.1A-106/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.1-102; 2003, c. 353.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
