{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-501.6","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 59.1-501.6","heading":"Rule of construction","body":"(a) This chapter must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies to:(1) support and facilitate the realization of the full potential of computer information transactions;(2) clarify the law governing computer information transactions;(3) enable expanding commercial practice in computer information transactions by commercial usage and agreement of the parties;(4) promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of this chapter among States that enact it; and(5) permit the continued expansion of commercial practices in the excluded transactions through custom, usage and agreement of the parties.(b) Except as otherwise provided in § 59.1-501.15, the use of mandatory language or the absence of a phrase such as \"unless otherwise agreed\" in a provision of this chapter does not preclude the parties from varying the effect of the provision by agreement.(c) The fact that a provision of this chapter imposes a condition for a result does not by itself mean that the absence of that condition yields a different result.(d) To be enforceable, a term need not be conspicuous, negotiated, or expressly assented or agreed to, unless this chapter expressly so requires.2000, cc. 101, 996; 2004, c. 794.","path":["Title 59.1. TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 43. UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION TRANSACTIONS ACT","Article 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/59.1-501.6/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:49Z","sha256":"e443f7eb28f3e27f6134c4a0ab4165d6d7d978e978f2ca2300aff273d45ec83f","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-501.5","next":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-501.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}