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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55560</law_id><section_number>59.1-502.7</section_number><catch_line>Formation; releases of informational rights</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="2">Formation and Terms</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> A release is effective without consideration if it is: <a id="paragraph-203635" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.7/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> in a record to which the releasing <span class="dictionary">party</span> agrees, such as by manifesting assent, and which identifies the informational rights released; or <a id="paragraph-203636" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.7/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> enforceable under estoppel, implied license, or other <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-203637" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.7/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> A release continues for the duration of the informational rights released if the release does not specify its duration and does not require affirmative performance after the grant of the release by: <a id="paragraph-203638" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.7/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the <span class="dictionary">party</span> granting the release; or <a id="paragraph-203639" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.7/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the <span class="dictionary">party</span> receiving the release, except for relatively insignificant acts. <a id="paragraph-203640" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.7/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996; 2004, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
