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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378017</law_id><section_number>8.2A-109</section_number><catch_line>Option to accelerate at will</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="17" identifier="8.2A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Leases</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A term providing that one <span class="dictionary">party</span> or his or her successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> or additional <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">at will</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">when he or she deems himself or herself insecure</span>&#x201D; or in words of similar import must be construed to mean that he or she has power to do so only if he or she in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance is impaired. <a id="paragraph-1410069" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-109/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> With respect to a consumer lease, the burden of establishing good faith under subsection (1) of this section is on the <span class="dictionary">party</span> who exercised the power; otherwise the burden of establishing lack of good faith is on the <span class="dictionary">party</span> against whom the power has been exercised. <a id="paragraph-1410070" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-109/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
