8.2-602 - Manner and effect of rightful rejection. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.2-602. Manner and effect of rightful rejection.

(1) Rejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their deliveryor tender. It is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies the seller.

(2) Subject to the provisions of the two following sections on rejected goods(§§ 8.2-603 and 8.2-604),

(a) after rejection any exercise of ownership by the buyer with respect toany commercial unit is wrongful as against the seller; and

(b) if the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of goods inwhich he does not have a security interest under the provisions of this title(subsection (3) of § 8.2-711), he is under a duty after rejection to holdthem with reasonable care at the seller's disposition for a time sufficientto permit the seller to remove them; but

(c) the buyer has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfullyrejected.

(3) The seller's rights with respect to goods wrongfully rejected aregoverned by the provisions of this title on seller's remedies in general (§8.2-703).

(1964, c. 219.)