{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/59.1-502.8.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/59.1-502.8.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/59.1-502.8.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/59.1-502.8.html"}],"law_id":75483,"edition_id":1,"section_id":75483,"structure_id":14011,"section_number":"59.1-502.8","catch_line":"Adopting terms of records","history":"2000, cc. 101, 996.","full_text":"Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 59.1-502.9, the following rules apply:\n\n1\n\nA party adopts the terms of a record, including a standard form, as the terms of the contract if the party agrees to the record, such as by manifesting assent.2\n\nThe terms of a record may be adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) after beginning performance or use if the parties had reason to know that their agreement would be represented in whole or part by a later record to be agreed on and there would not be an opportunity to review the record or a copy of it before performance or use begins. If the parties fail to agree to the later terms and did not intend to form a contract unless they so agreed, § 59.1-502.2 (e) applies.3\n\nIf a party adopts the terms of a record, the terms become part of the contract without regard to the party’s knowledge or understanding of individual terms in the record, except for a term that is unenforceable because it fails to satisfy another requirement of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":270928,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 59.1-502.9, the following rules apply:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":270929,"text":"A party adopts the terms of a record, including a standard form, as the terms of the contract if the party agrees to the record, such as by manifesting assent.","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":270930,"text":"The terms of a record may be adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) after beginning performance or use if the parties had reason to know that their agreement would be represented in whole or part by a later record to be agreed on and there would not be an opportunity to review the record or a copy of it before performance or use begins. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101<\/a> and 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":[{"id":61606,"section_number":"59.1-502.5","catch_line":"Conditional offer or acceptance","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-502.5\/"},{"id":58024,"section_number":"59.1-502.6","catch_line":"Offer and acceptance; electronic agents","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-502.6\/"},{"id":80284,"section_number":"59.1-502.9","catch_line":"Mass-market license","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-502.9\/"},{"id":62393,"section_number":"59.1-503.7","catch_line":"Interpretation and requirements for grant","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-503.7\/"},{"id":59517,"section_number":"59.1-506.13","catch_line":"Contracts involving publishers, dealers, and end users","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-506.13\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55100,"section_number":"59.1-502.2","catch_line":"Formation in general","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-502.2\/"},{"id":80284,"section_number":"59.1-502.9","catch_line":"Mass-market license","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-502.9\/"}],"permalink":{"id":262035,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75483,"identifier":"59.1-502.8","token":"59.1\/43\/2\/59.1-502.8","url":"\/59.1-502.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-502.8\/","token":"59.1\/43\/2\/59.1-502.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adopting terms of records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-502.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 59.1-502.9<\/a>, the following rules apply:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A party<\/span> adopts the terms of a record, including a standard form, as the terms of the contract<\/span> if the party<\/span> agrees to the record, such as by manifesting assent. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The terms of a record may be adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) after beginning performance or use if the parties had reason to know that their agreement would be represented in whole or part by a later record to be agreed on and there would not be an opportunity to review the record or a copy of it before performance or use begins. If the parties fail to agree to the later terms and did not intend to form a contract<\/span> unless they so agreed, § 59.1-502.2<\/a> (e) applies. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> If a party<\/span> adopts the terms of a record, the terms become part of the contract<\/span> without regard to the party<\/span>’s knowledge or understanding of individual terms in the record, except for a term that is unenforceable because it fails to satisfy another requirement of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADOPTING TERMS OF RECORDS (\u00a7 59.1-502.8)\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in \u00a7 59.1-502.9, the following rules apply:\n\n1. A party adopts the terms of a record, including a standard form, as the terms\nof the contract if the party agrees to the record, such as by manifesting\nassent.\n\n2. The terms of a record may be adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) after\nbeginning performance or use if the parties had reason to know that their\nagreement would be represented in whole or part by a later record to be agreed\non and there would not be an opportunity to review the record or a copy of it\nbefore performance or use begins. If the parties fail to agree to the later\nterms and did not intend to form a contract unless they so agreed, §\n59.1-502.2 (e) applies.\n\n3. If a party adopts the terms of a record, the terms become part of the\ncontract without regard to the party’s knowledge or understanding of\nindividual terms in the record, except for a term that is unenforceable because\nit fails to satisfy another requirement of this chapter.\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}}