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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83172,"identifier":"59.1-508.11","token":"59.1\/43\/8\/59.1-508.11","url":"\/59.1-508.11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-508.11\/","token":"59.1\/43\/8\/59.1-508.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Specific performance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-508.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> Specific performance may be ordered: <a id=\"paragraph-298028\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-508.11\/#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> if the agreement provides for that remedy, other than an obligation for the payment of money; <a id=\"paragraph-298029\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-508.11\/#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> if the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> was not for personal services and the agreed performance is unique; or <a id=\"paragraph-298030\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-508.11\/#a2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> in other proper circumstances. <a id=\"paragraph-298031\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-508.11\/#a3\"><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> An <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> for specific performance may contain any conditions considered just and must provide adequate safeguards consistent with the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> to protect the confidentiality of information, information, and informational rights of both parties. <a id=\"paragraph-298032\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-508.11\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIFIC PERFORMANCE (\u00a7 59.1-508.11)\n\na. Specific performance may be ordered:\n\n   1. if the agreement provides for that remedy, other than an obligation for the\n   payment of money;\n\n   2. if the contract was not for personal services and the agreed performance is\n   unique; or\n\n   3. in other proper circumstances.\n\nb. An order for specific performance may contain any conditions considered just\nand must provide adequate safeguards consistent with the contract to protect the\nconfidentiality of information, information, and informational rights of both\nparties.\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}}