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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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262031,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55560,"identifier":"59.1-502.7","token":"59.1\/43\/2\/59.1-502.7","url":"\/59.1-502.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-502.7\/","token":"59.1\/43\/2\/59.1-502.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Formation; releases of informational rights","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-502.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> A release is effective without consideration if it is: <a id=\"paragraph-203635\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-502.7\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> in a record to which the releasing <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> agrees, such as by manifesting assent, and which identifies the informational rights released; or <a id=\"paragraph-203636\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-502.7\/#a1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> enforceable under estoppel, implied license, or other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-203637\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-502.7\/#a2\"><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> A release continues for the duration of the informational rights released if the release does not specify its duration and does not require affirmative performance after the grant of the release by: <a id=\"paragraph-203638\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-502.7\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> granting the release; or <a id=\"paragraph-203639\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-502.7\/#b1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> receiving the release, except for relatively insignificant acts. <a id=\"paragraph-203640\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-502.7\/#b2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORMATION; RELEASES OF INFORMATIONAL RIGHTS (\u00a7 59.1-502.7)\n\na. A release is effective without consideration if it is:\n\n   1. in a record to which the releasing party agrees, such as by manifesting\n   assent, and which identifies the informational rights released; or\n\n   2. enforceable under estoppel, implied license, or other law.\n\nb. A release continues for the duration of the informational rights released if\nthe release does not specify its duration and does not require affirmative\nperformance after the grant of the release by:\n\n   1. the party granting the release; or\n\n   2. the party receiving the release, except for relatively insignificant acts.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 101, 996; 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}}