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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":86074,"section_number":"59.1-507.6","catch_line":"Copy; duties upon rightful refusal","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-507.6\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82364,"section_number":"59.1-506.8","catch_line":"Copy; right to inspect; payment before inspection","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-506.8\/"}],"permalink":{"id":262259,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58478,"identifier":"59.1-506.9","token":"59.1\/43\/6\/59.1-506.9","url":"\/59.1-506.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-506.9\/","token":"59.1\/43\/6\/59.1-506.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Copy; when acceptance occurs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-506.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Acceptance of a copy occurs when the party<\/span> to which the copy is tendered: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> signifies, or acts with respect to the copy in a manner that signifies, that the tender was conforming or that the party<\/span> will take or retain the copy despite the nonconformity; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> does not make an effective refusal; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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5.<\/span> acts in a manner inconsistent with the licensor’s ownership, but the act is an acceptance only if the licensor elects to treat it as an acceptance and ratifies the act to the extent it was within contractual use terms. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Except in cases governed by subsection (a) (3) or (4), if there is a right to inspect under § 59.1-506.8<\/a> or the agreement, acceptance of a copy occurs only after the party<\/span> has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect the copy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> If an agreement requires delivery in stages involving separate portions that taken together comprise the whole of the information, acceptance of any stage is conditional until acceptance of the whole. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOPY; WHEN ACCEPTANCE OCCURS (\u00a7 59.1-506.9)\n\na. Acceptance of a copy occurs when the party to which the copy is tendered:\n\n 1. signifies, or acts with respect to the copy in a manner that signifies,\n that the tender was conforming or that the party will take or retain the copy\n despite the nonconformity;\n\n 2. does not make an effective refusal;\n\n 3. commingles the copy or the information in a manner that makes compliance\n with the party’s duties after refusal impossible;\n\n 4. obtains a substantial benefit from the copy and cannot return that benefit;\n or\n\n 5. acts in a manner inconsistent with the licensor’s ownership, but the\n act is an acceptance only if the licensor elects to treat it as an acceptance\n and ratifies the act to the extent it was within contractual use terms.\n\nb. Except in cases governed by subsection (a) (3) or (4), if there is a right to\ninspect under § 59.1-506.8 or the agreement, acceptance of a copy occurs\nonly after the party has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect the copy.\n\nc. If an agreement requires delivery in stages involving separate portions that\ntaken together comprise the whole of the information, acceptance of any stage is\nconditional until acceptance of the whole.\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}}