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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75483</law_id><section_number>59.1-502.8</section_number><catch_line>Adopting terms of records</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-502.5</reference><reference>59.1-502.6</reference><reference>59.1-502.9</reference><reference>59.1-503.7</reference><reference>59.1-506.13</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><p>Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Mass-market license" href="/59.1-502.9/">59.1-502.9</a>, the following rules apply:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A <span class="dictionary">party</span> adopts the terms of a record, including a standard form, as the terms of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> if the <span class="dictionary">party</span> agrees to the record, such as by manifesting assent. <a id="paragraph-270929" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.8/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The terms of a record may be adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) after beginning performance or use if the parties had reason to know that their agreement would be represented in whole or part by a later record to be agreed on and there would not be an opportunity to review the record or a copy of it before performance or use begins. If the parties fail to agree to the later terms and did not intend to form a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> unless they so agreed, &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Formation in general" href="/59.1-502.2/">59.1-502.2</a> (e) applies. <a id="paragraph-270930" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.8/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">party</span> adopts the terms of a record, the terms become part of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> without regard to the <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s knowledge or understanding of individual terms in the record, except for a term that is unenforceable because it fails to satisfy another requirement of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-270931" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-502.8/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
