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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86312</law_id><section_number>1-257</section_number><catch_line>Written; writing; in writing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-258.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Common Law and Rules of Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Rules of Construction and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>&#x201C;Written,&#x201D; &#x201C;writing,&#x201D; and &#x201C;in writing&#x201D; include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Chapter 42.1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Title" href="/59.1-479/">59.1-479</a> et seq.) of Title 59.1 is or is not affixed.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5; Code 1950, &#xA7; 1-13; 1950, p. 24, &#xA7; 1-13.32; 1999, c. 145; 2000, c. 995; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
