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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78606</law_id><section_number>59.1-501.17</section_number><catch_line>Decision for court; legal consequences; reasonable time; reason to know</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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> Whether a term is conspicuous or is unenforceable under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Relation to federal law; fundamental public policy; transactions subject to other state law" href="/59.1-501.5/">59.1-501.5</a> (a) or (b), <a class="law" title="Unconscionable contract or term" href="/59.1-501.11/">59.1-501.11</a>, or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Mass-market license" href="/59.1-502.9/">59.1-502.9</a> (a) and whether an attribution procedure is commercially reasonable or effective under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Proof and effect of authentication" href="/59.1-501.8/">59.1-501.8</a>, <a class="law" title="Efficacy and commercial reasonableness of attribution procedure" href="/59.1-502.12/">59.1-502.12</a>, or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Determining attribution" href="/59.1-502.13/">59.1-502.13</a> are questions to be determined by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-281675" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.17/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Whether an agreement has legal consequences is determined by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-281676" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.17/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Whenever this chapter requires any action to be taken within a reasonable time, what is a reasonable time for taking the action depends on the nature, purpose, and circumstances of the action. Any time that is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement. <a id="paragraph-281677" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.17/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> A person has reason to know a <span class="dictionary">fact</span> if the person has knowledge of the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> or, from all the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> and circumstances known to the person without investigation, the person should be aware that the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> exists. <a id="paragraph-281678" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.17/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
