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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58664</law_id><section_number>59.1-501.9</section_number><catch_line>Choice of law</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></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> The parties in their agreement may choose the applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span>. However, the choice is not enforceable in a consumer <span class="dictionary">contract</span> to the extent it would vary a <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, administrative rule, or regulation that may not be varied by agreement under the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of Virginia. <a id="paragraph-215000" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.9/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> In the absence of an enforceable agreement on choice of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is governed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of Virginia. <a id="paragraph-215001" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-501.9/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996; 2001, cc. 762, 763.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
