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§ 59.1-505.5 Performance by delegate; subcontract

a. A party may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractual rights through a delegate or a subcontract unless:

1. the contract prohibits delegation or subcontracting; or

2. the other party has a substantial interest in having the original promisor perform or control the performance.

b. Delegating or subcontracting performance does not relieve the delegating party of a duty to perform or of liability for breach.

c. An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation is not effective.

History

This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101 and 996 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2000, cc. 101, 996.

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