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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373200</law_id><section_number>59.1-485</section_number><catch_line>Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="127" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="79" identifier="42.1">Uniform Electronic Transactions Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> A <span class="dictionary">record</span> or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in <span class="dictionary">electronic</span> form. <a id="paragraph-1392314" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-485/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> A <span class="dictionary">contract</span> may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an <span class="dictionary">electronic record</span> was used in its formation. <a id="paragraph-1392315" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-485/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">law</span> requires a record to be in writing, an <span class="dictionary">electronic record</span> satisfies the <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-1392316" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-485/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">law</span> requires a signature, or provides for certain consequences in the absence of a signature, an <span class="dictionary">electronic signature</span> satisfies the <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-1392317" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-485/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 995.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
