Virginia § 59.1-501.7 - Legal recognition of electronic record and authentication; use of electronic agents
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 59.1-501.7 — Legal recognition of electronic record and authentication; use of electronic agents, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 59.1-501.7. Legal recognition of electronic record and authentication; use of electronic agents
(a) A record or authentication may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.
(b) This chapter does not require that a record or authentication be generated, stored, sent, received, or otherwise processed by electronic means or in electronic form.
(c) In any transaction, a person may establish requirements regarding the type of authentication or record acceptable to that person.
(d) A person using an electronic agent that he has selected for making an authentication, performance, or agreement, including manifestation of assent, is bound by the operations of the electronic agent, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the agent's operations or the results of the operations.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 59.1-501.7 ("Legal recognition of electronic record and authentication; use of electronic agents") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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