                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROOF AND EFFECT OF AUTHENTICATION (§ 59.1-501.8)

a. Authentication may be proven in any manner, including a showing that a party
made use of information or access that could have been available only if it
engaged in conduct or operations that authenticated the record or term.

b. Compliance with a commercially reasonable attribution procedure agreed to or
adopted by the parties or established by law for authenticating a record
authenticates the record as a matter of law.

HISTORY: 2000, cc. 101, 996.