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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262165,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83644,"identifier":"59.1-505.5","token":"59.1\/43\/5\/59.1-505.5","url":"\/59.1-505.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-505.5\/","token":"59.1\/43\/5\/59.1-505.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Performance by delegate; subcontract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-505.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> A party<\/span> may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractual rights through a delegate or a subcontract unless: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2.<\/span> the other party<\/span> has a substantial interest in having the original promisor perform or control the performance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Delegating or subcontracting performance does not relieve the delegating party<\/span> of a duty to perform or of liability for breach. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation is not effective. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERFORMANCE BY DELEGATE; SUBCONTRACT (\u00a7 59.1-505.5)\n\na. A party may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractual rights\nthrough a delegate or a subcontract unless:\n\n 1. the contract prohibits delegation or subcontracting; or\n\n 2. the other party has a substantial interest in having the original promisor\n perform or control the performance.\n\nb. Delegating or subcontracting performance does not relieve the delegating\nparty of a duty to perform or of liability for breach.\n\nc. An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation is not\neffective.\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}}