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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378018</law_id><section_number>8.2A-201</section_number><catch_line>Statute of frauds</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="2" identifier="2">Formation and Construction of Lease Contract</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless: <a id="paragraph-1410071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> The total payments to be made under the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, are less than $1,000; or <a id="paragraph-1410072" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#1a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> There is a record, signed by the <span class="dictionary">party</span> against whom enforcement is sought or by that <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s authorized agent, sufficient to indicate that a lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> has been made between the parties and to describe the goods leased and the lease term. <a id="paragraph-1410073" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#1b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any description of leased goods or of the lease term is sufficient and satisfies subdivision (1) (b) of this section, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described. <a id="paragraph-1410074" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A record is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon, but the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is not enforceable under subdivision (1) (b) of this section beyond the lease term and the quantity of goods shown in the record. <a id="paragraph-1410075" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> that does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, but which is valid in other respects, is enforceable if: <a id="paragraph-1410076" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> The goods are to be specially manufactured or obtained for the lessee and are not suitable for lease or sale to others in the ordinary course of the lessor&#x2019;s business, and the lessor, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances that reasonably indicate that the goods are for the lessee, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement; <a id="paragraph-1410077" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#4a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> The <span class="dictionary">party</span> against whom enforcement is sought admits in that <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s pleading, <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> or otherwise in <span class="dictionary">court</span> that a lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> was made, but the lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or <a id="paragraph-1410078" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#4b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4c" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> With respect to goods that have been received and accepted by the lessee. <a id="paragraph-1410079" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#4c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The lease term under a lease <span class="dictionary">contract</span> referred to in subsection (4) of this section is: <a id="paragraph-1410080" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> If there is a record signed by the <span class="dictionary">party</span> against whom enforcement is sought or by that <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s authorized agent specifying the lease term, the term so specified; <a id="paragraph-1410081" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#5a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">party</span> against whom enforcement is sought admits in that <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s pleading, <span class="dictionary">testimony</span>, or otherwise in <span class="dictionary">court</span> a lease term, the term so admitted; or <a id="paragraph-1410082" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#5b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5c" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> A reasonable lease term. <a id="paragraph-1410083" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.2A-201/#5c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 536; 2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
