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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75095</law_id><section_number>59.1-502.1</section_number><catch_line>Formal requirements</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>59.1-503.3</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="2">Formation and Terms</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this section, a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> requiring payment of a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> fee of $5,000 or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless: <a id="paragraph-269730" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the <span class="dictionary">party</span> against which enforcement is sought authenticated a record sufficient to indicate that a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> has been formed and which reasonably identifies the copy or subject matter to which the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> refers; or <a id="paragraph-269731" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the agreement is a license for an agreed duration of one year or less or which may be terminated at will by the <span class="dictionary">party</span> against which the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is asserted. <a id="paragraph-269732" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> A record is sufficient under subsection (a) even if it omits or incorrectly states a term, but the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is not enforceable under that subsection beyond the number of copies or subject matter shown in the record. <a id="paragraph-269733" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> A <span class="dictionary">contract</span> that does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) is nevertheless enforceable under that subsection if: <a id="paragraph-269734" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> a performance was tendered or the information was made available by one <span class="dictionary">party</span> and the tender was accepted or the information accessed by the other; or <a id="paragraph-269735" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#c1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the <span class="dictionary">party</span> against which enforcement is sought admits in <span class="dictionary">court</span>, by pleading or by <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> or otherwise under <span class="dictionary">oath</span>, <span class="dictionary">facts</span> sufficient to indicate a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> has been made, but the agreement is not enforceable under this paragraph beyond the number of copies or the subject matter admitted. <a id="paragraph-269736" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#c2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> Between merchants, if, within a reasonable time, a record in confirmation of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> and sufficient against the sender is received and the <span class="dictionary">party</span> receiving it has reason to know its contents, the record satisfies subsection (a) against the <span class="dictionary">party</span> receiving it unless notice of objection to its contents is given in a record within a reasonable time after the confirming record is received. <a id="paragraph-269737" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> An agreement that the requirements of this section need not be satisfied as to future transactions is effective if evidenced in a record authenticated by the person against which enforcement is sought. <a id="paragraph-269738" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f"><p><span class="prefix-number">f.</span> A transaction within the scope of this chapter is not subject to a <span class="dictionary">statute</span> of <span class="dictionary">frauds</span> contained in another <span class="dictionary">law</span> of this Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-269739" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.1/#f"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
