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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0101\">101<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0996\">996<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":373279,"section_number":"59.1-505.3","catch_line":"Transfer of contractual interest","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-505.3\/"},{"id":373284,"section_number":"59.1-505.8","catch_line":"Finance licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-505.8\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1489171,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373282,"identifier":"59.1-505.6","token":"59.1\/43\/5\/59.1-505.6","url":"\/59.1-505.6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-505.6\/","token":"59.1\/43\/5\/59.1-505.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer by licensee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-505.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> If all or any part of a licensee&#8217;s interest in a license is transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily, the transferee does not acquire an interest in information, copies, or the contractual or informational rights of the licensee unless the transfer is effective under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Transfer of contractual interest\" href=\"\/59.1-505.3\/\">59.1-505.3<\/a> or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Finance licenses\" href=\"\/59.1-505.8\/\">59.1-505.8<\/a> (a) (1) (B). If the transfer is effective, the transferee takes subject to the terms of the license. <a id=\"paragraph-1392892\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-505.6\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">b.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided under trade secret <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, a transferee acquires no more than the contractual interest or other rights that the transferor was authorized to transfer. <a id=\"paragraph-1392893\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-505.6\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER BY LICENSEE (\u00a7 59.1-505.6)\n\na. If all or any part of a licensee&#8217;s interest in a license is\ntransferred, voluntarily or involuntarily, the transferee does not acquire an\ninterest in information, copies, or the contractual or informational rights of\nthe licensee unless the transfer is effective under &#xA7; 59.1-505.3 or &#xA7;\n59.1-505.8 (a) (1) (B). If the transfer is effective, the transferee takes\nsubject to the terms of the license.\n\nb. Except as otherwise provided under trade secret law, a transferee acquires no\nmore than the contractual interest or other rights that the transferor was\nauthorized to transfer.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 101, 996.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}