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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61969</law_id><section_number>59.1-501.11</section_number><catch_line>Unconscionable contract or term</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-501.15</reference><reference>59.1-501.17</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="43">Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">court</span> as a matter of <span class="dictionary">law</span> finds a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or a term thereof to have been unconscionable at the time it was made, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may refuse to enforce the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, enforce the remainder of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> without the unconscionable term, or limit the application of the unconscionable term so as to avoid an unconscionable result. <a id="paragraph-226204" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.11/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">court</span> as a matter of <span class="dictionary">law</span> finds a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or a term thereof has been induced by unconscionable conduct or that unconscionable conduct has occurred in the collection of a claim arising from the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may grant appropriate relief. <a id="paragraph-226205" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.11/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If it is claimed or appears to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> that a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or term thereof may be unconscionable, the parties must be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> as to its commercial setting, purpose, and effect to aid the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in making the determination. <a id="paragraph-226206" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.11/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
