{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/59.1-501.13_1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/59.1-501.13_1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/59.1-501.13_1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/59.1-501.13_1.html"}],"law_id":80445,"edition_id":1,"section_id":80445,"structure_id":15005,"section_number":"59.1-501.13:1","catch_line":"Opportunity to review","history":"2004, c. 794.","full_text":"a\n\nA person has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made available in a manner that ought to call it to the attention of a reasonable person and permit review.b\n\nAn electronic agent has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made available in a manner that would enable a reasonably configured electronic agent to react to the record or term.c\n\nIf a record or term is available for review only after a person becomes obligated to pay or begins its performance, the person has an opportunity to review only if he has a right to a return if he rejects the record. However, a right to a return is not required if:1\n\nthe record proposes a modification of contract or provides particulars of performance under &#xA7; 59.1-503.5; or2\n\nthe primary performance is other than delivery or acceptance of a copy, the agreement is not a mass-market transaction, and the parties at the time of contracting had reason to know that a record or term would be presented after performance, use, or access to the information began.d\n\nThe right to a return under this section may arise by law or by agreement.e\n\nThe effect of this section may be modified by an agreement setting out standards applicable to future transactions between the parties.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":288168,"text":"A person has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made available in a manner that ought to call it to the attention of a reasonable person and permit review.","type":"section","prefixes":["a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"a","prefix_anchor":"a","level":1,"next_prefix":"b"},"1":{"id":288169,"text":"An electronic agent has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made available in a manner that would enable a reasonably configured electronic agent to react to the record or term.","type":"section","prefixes":["b"],"prefix":"b","entire_prefix":"b","prefix_anchor":"b","level":1,"prior_prefix":"a","next_prefix":"c"},"2":{"id":288170,"text":"If a record or term is available for review only after a person becomes obligated to pay or begins its performance, the person has an opportunity to review only if he has a right to a return if he rejects the record. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78044,"section_number":"59.1-501.14:1","catch_line":"Pretransaction disclosures in Internet-type transactions","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-501.14_1\/"},{"id":87480,"section_number":"59.1-501.15","catch_line":"Variation by agreement; commercial practice","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-501.15\/"},{"id":80284,"section_number":"59.1-502.9","catch_line":"Mass-market license","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-502.9\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78438,"section_number":"59.1-503.5","catch_line":"Terms to be specified","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-503.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":261909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80445,"identifier":"59.1-501.13:1","token":"59.1\/43\/1\/59.1-501.13_1","url":"\/59.1-501.13_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-501.13_1\/","token":"59.1\/43\/1\/59.1-501.13_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Opportunity to review","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-501.13:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> A person has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made available in a manner that ought to call it to the attention of a reasonable person and permit review. <a id=\"paragraph-288168\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-501.13_1\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">b.<\/span> An electronic agent has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made available in a manner that would enable a reasonably configured electronic agent to react to the record or term. <a id=\"paragraph-288169\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-501.13_1\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"c\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">c.<\/span> If a record or term is available for review only after a person becomes obligated to pay or begins its performance, the person has an opportunity to review only if he has a right to a return if he rejects the record. However, a right to a return is not required if: <a id=\"paragraph-288170\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-501.13_1\/#c\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"c1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> the record proposes a modification of <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> or provides particulars of performance under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Terms to be specified\" href=\"\/59.1-503.5\/\">59.1-503.5<\/a>; or <a id=\"paragraph-288171\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-501.13_1\/#c1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"c2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> the primary performance is other than delivery or acceptance of a copy, the agreement is not a mass-market transaction, and the parties at the time of contracting had reason to know that a record or term would be presented after performance, use, or access to the information began. <a id=\"paragraph-288172\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-501.13_1\/#c2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"d\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">d.<\/span> The right to a return under this section may arise by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or by agreement. <a id=\"paragraph-288173\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-501.13_1\/#d\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"e\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">e.<\/span> The effect of this section may be modified by an agreement setting out standards applicable to future transactions between the parties. <a id=\"paragraph-288174\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-501.13_1\/#e\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW (\u00a7 59.1-501.13:1)\n\na. A person has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made\navailable in a manner that ought to call it to the attention of a reasonable\nperson and permit review.\n\nb. An electronic agent has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it\nis made available in a manner that would enable a reasonably configured\nelectronic agent to react to the record or term.\n\nc. If a record or term is available for review only after a person becomes\nobligated to pay or begins its performance, the person has an opportunity to\nreview only if he has a right to a return if he rejects the record. However, a\nright to a return is not required if:\n\n   1. the record proposes a modification of contract or provides particulars of\n   performance under &#xA7; 59.1-503.5; or\n\n   2. the primary performance is other than delivery or acceptance of a copy, the\n   agreement is not a mass-market transaction, and the parties at the time of\n   contracting had reason to know that a record or term would be presented after\n   performance, use, or access to the information began.\n\nd. The right to a return under this section may arise by law or by agreement.\n\ne. The effect of this section may be modified by an agreement setting out\nstandards applicable to future transactions between the parties.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 794.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}