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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0101\">101<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0996\">996<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261999,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65237,"identifier":"59.1-502.15","token":"59.1\/43\/2\/59.1-502.15","url":"\/59.1-502.15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-502.15\/","token":"59.1\/43\/2\/59.1-502.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Electronic message; when effective; effect of acknowledgment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-502.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> Receipt of an electronic message is effective when properly addressed and received. <a id=\"paragraph-237307\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-502.15\/#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> Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment of an electronic message establishes that the message was received but by itself does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received. <a id=\"paragraph-237308\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-502.15\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTRONIC MESSAGE; WHEN EFFECTIVE; EFFECT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT (\u00a7 59.1-502.15)\n\na. Receipt of an electronic message is effective when properly addressed and\nreceived.\n\nb. Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment of an electronic message establishes\nthat the message was received but by itself does not establish that the content\nsent corresponds to the content received.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 101, 996.","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}}