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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61606</law_id><section_number>59.1-502.5</section_number><catch_line>Conditional offer or acceptance</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-502.4</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> In this section, an offer or acceptance is conditional if it is conditioned on agreement by the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> to all the terms of the offer or acceptance. <a id="paragraph-224939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.5/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a conditional offer or acceptance precludes formation of a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> unless the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> agrees to its terms, such as by manifesting assent. <a id="paragraph-224940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.5/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If an offer and acceptance are in standard forms and at least one form is conditional, the following rules apply: <a id="paragraph-224941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.5/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Conditional language in a standard term precludes formation of a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> only if the actions of the <span class="dictionary">party</span> proposing the form are consistent with the conditional language, such as by refusing to perform, refusing to permit performance, or refusing to accept the benefits of the agreement, until its proposed terms are accepted. <a id="paragraph-224942" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.5/#c1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A <span class="dictionary">party</span> that agrees, such as by manifesting assent, to a conditional offer that is effective under paragraph (1) adopts the terms of the offer under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Adopting terms of records" href="/59.1-502.8/">59.1-502.8</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Mass-market license" href="/59.1-502.9/">59.1-502.9</a>, except a term that conflicts with an expressly agreed term regarding price or quantity. <a id="paragraph-224943" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.5/#c2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
