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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61428</law_id><section_number>59.1-506.14</section_number><catch_line>Risk of loss of copy</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="6">Performance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this section, the risk of loss as to a copy that is to be delivered to a licensee, including a copy delivered by electronic means, passes to the licensee upon its receipt of the copy. <a id="paragraph-224416" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> If an agreement requires or authorizes a licensor to send a copy on a tangible medium by carrier, the following rules apply: <a id="paragraph-224417" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If the agreement does not require the licensor to deliver the copy at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the licensee when the copy is duly delivered to the carrier, even if the shipment is under reservation. <a id="paragraph-224418" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the agreement requires the licensor to deliver the copy at a particular destination and the copy is duly tendered there in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the carrier, the risk of loss passes to the licensee when the copy is tendered at that destination. <a id="paragraph-224419" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If a tender of delivery of a copy or a shipping document fails to conform to the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, the risk of loss remains with the licensor until cure or acceptance. <a id="paragraph-224420" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#b3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If a copy is held by a third <span class="dictionary">party</span> to be delivered or reproduced without being moved or a copy is to be delivered by making access available to a third <span class="dictionary">party</span> resource containing a copy, the risk of loss passes to the licensee upon: <a id="paragraph-224421" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the licensee&#x2019;s receipt of a negotiable document of title or other access <span class="dictionary">materials</span> covering the copy; <a id="paragraph-224422" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#c1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> acknowledgment by the third <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the licensee of the licensee&#x2019;s right to <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of or access to the copy; or <a id="paragraph-224423" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#c2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> the licensee&#x2019;s receipt of a record directing the third <span class="dictionary">party</span>, pursuant to an agreement between the licensor and the third <span class="dictionary">party</span>, to make delivery or authorizing the third <span class="dictionary">party</span> to allow access. <a id="paragraph-224424" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-506.14/#c3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
