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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":75036,"section_number":"59.1-508.2","catch_line":"Cancellation","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-508.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60020,"section_number":"59.1-506.5","catch_line":"Electronic regulation of performance","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-506.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":262223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71699,"identifier":"59.1-506.18","token":"59.1\/43\/6\/59.1-506.18","url":"\/59.1-506.18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-506.18\/","token":"59.1\/43\/6\/59.1-506.18","dublin_core":{"Title":"Termination; enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-506.18","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> On termination of a license, a party<\/span> in possession<\/span> or control of information, copies, or other materials<\/span> that are the property of the other party<\/span>, or are subject to a contractual obligation to be delivered to that party<\/span> on termination, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or hold them for disposal on instructions of that party<\/span>. If any materials<\/span> are jointly owned, the party<\/span> in possession<\/span> or control shall make them available to the joint owners. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Termination of a license ends all rights under the license for the licensee to use or access the licensed information, informational rights, or copies. Continued use of the licensed copies or exercise of terminated rights is a breach of contract<\/span> unless authorized by a term that survives termination. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Each party<\/span> may enforce its rights under subsections (a) and (b) by acting pursuant to \u00a7 59.1-506.5<\/a> or by judicial process, including obtaining an order<\/span> that the party<\/span> or an officer of the court<\/span> take the following actions with respect to any licensed information, documentation, copies, or other materials<\/span> to be delivered: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2.<\/span> without removal, render unusable or eliminate the capability to exercise contractual rights in or use of them; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> destroy or prevent access to them; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> require that the party<\/span> or any other person in possession<\/span> or control of them make them available to the other party<\/span> at a place designated by that party<\/span> which is reasonably convenient to both parties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> In an appropriate case, a court<\/span> of competent jurisdiction<\/span> may grant injunctive relief to enforce the parties’ rights under this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERMINATION; ENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 59.1-506.18)\n\na. On termination of a license, a party in possession or control of information,\ncopies, or other materials that are the property of the other party, or are\nsubject to a contractual obligation to be delivered to that party on\ntermination, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or hold them\nfor disposal on instructions of that party. If any materials are jointly owned,\nthe party in possession or control shall make them available to the joint\nowners.\n\nb. Termination of a license ends all rights under the license for the licensee\nto use or access the licensed information, informational rights, or copies.\nContinued use of the licensed copies or exercise of terminated rights is a\nbreach of contract unless authorized by a term that survives termination.\n\nc. Each party may enforce its rights under subsections (a) and (b) by acting\npursuant to \u00a7 59.1-506.5 or by judicial process, including obtaining an order\nthat the party or an officer of the court take the following actions with\nrespect to any licensed information, documentation, copies, or other materials\nto be delivered:\n\n 1. deliver or take possession of them;\n\n 2. without removal, render unusable or eliminate the capability to exercise\n contractual rights in or use of them;\n\n 3. destroy or prevent access to them; and\n\n 4. require that the party or any other person in possession or control of them\n make them available to the other party at a place designated by that party\n which is reasonably convenient to both parties.\n\nd. In an appropriate case, a court of competent jurisdiction may grant\ninjunctive relief to enforce the parties’ rights under this section.\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}}