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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72362</law_id><section_number>59.1-503.9</section_number><catch_line>Agreement for performance to party&amp;#8217;s satisfaction</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="3">Construction</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an agreement that provides that the performance of one <span class="dictionary">party</span> is to be to the satisfaction or approval of the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> requires performance sufficient to satisfy a reasonable person in the position of the <span class="dictionary">party</span> that must be satisfied. <a id="paragraph-260664" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-503.9/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Performance must be to the subjective satisfaction of the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> if: <a id="paragraph-260665" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-503.9/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the agreement expressly so provides, such as by stating that approval is in the &#x201C;sole discretion&#x201D; of the <span class="dictionary">party</span>, or words of similar import; or <a id="paragraph-260666" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-503.9/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the agreement is for informational content to be evaluated in reference to subjective characteristics such as aesthetics, <span class="dictionary">appeal</span>, suitability to taste, or subjective quality. <a id="paragraph-260667" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-503.9/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
