§ 59.1-485 Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts
a. A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.
b. A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.
c. If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.
d. If a law requires a signature, or provides for certain consequences in the absence of a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.
History
This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 995 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, c. 995.