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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377893</law_id><section_number>8.1A-206</section_number><catch_line>Presumptions</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="2">General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the Uniform Commercial Code creates a &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">presumption</span>&#x201D; with respect to a <span class="dictionary">fact</span>, or provides that a <span class="dictionary">fact</span> is &#x201C;presumed,&#x201D; the trier of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> must find the existence of the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> unless and until <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> is introduced that supports a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> of its nonexistence.</p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.1-201 (31); 1973, c. 509; 1984, c. 613; 1991, c. 536; 1992, c. 693; 2000, c. 1007; 2003, c. 353.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
