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VA Code § 59.1-477.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 41 - Structured Settlement Protection Act|§ 59.1-477.1. General provisions, construction

A. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter may not be waived by any payee.B. Any transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective date of the act of the General Assembly enacting this section by a payee who resides in the Commonwealth shall provide that disputes under such transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of the Commonwealth. No such transfer agreement shall authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.C. No transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall extend to any payments that are life-contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for periodically confirming the payee's survival, and giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death.D. No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on any failure of such transfer to satisfy the conditions of this chapter.E. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of any law. A court shall not be precluded from hearing an application for approval of a transfer of payment rights under a structured settlement where the terms of the structured settlement prohibit the sale, assignment, or encumbrance of such payment rights, nor shall the interested parties be precluded from waiving or asserting their rights under those terms. The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to transfers of workers' compensation claims, awards, benefits, settlements or payments made or payable pursuant to Title 65.2.F. Compliance with the requirements set forth in § 59.1-475.1 and fulfillment of the conditions set forth in §§ 59.1-476 and 59.1-477 shall be solely the responsibility of the transferee in any transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer shall bear any responsibility for, or any other liability arising from, non-compliance with such requirements or failure to fulfill such conditions.2001, c. 537; 2006, c. 786; 2016, cc. 273, 739.
VA Code § 59.1-478 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42 - Fingerprinting in Connection with Business Transaction|§ 59.1-478. Fingerprinting in connection with business, commercial or financial transaction

Whenever any person requires another to furnish a fingerprint or fingerprints in conjunction with any business, commercial or financial transaction, unless the parties otherwise agree, within twenty-one days of the transaction's completion or termination the original record of such prints and all copies of such prints, including electronic or facsimile copies shall be (i) returned to the person providing such prints or (ii) destroyed by the person requiring and obtaining such prints.The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of fingerprints affixed to instruments governed by Titles 8.3A and 8.4.1999, c. 715.
VA Code § 59.1-479 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-479. Title

This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act."2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-481 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-481. Scope

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.(b) This chapter does not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by:(1) A law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts; and(2) Title 8.1A except § 8.1A-306, Title 8.3A, Title 8.4, Title 8.4A, Title 8.5A, Title 8.7, Title 8.8A, Title 8.9A, Title 8.10, and Title 8.11.(c) This chapter applies to an electronic record or electronic signature otherwise excluded from the application of this chapter under subsection (b) to the extent it is governed by law other than those specified in subsection (b).(d) A transaction subject to this chapter is also subject to other applicable substantive law.2000, c. 995; 2001, c. 86; 2003, c. 353; 2011, c. 369.
VA Code § 59.1-482 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-482. Prospective application

This chapter applies to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after the effective date of this chapter.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-483 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-483. Use of electronic records and electronic signatures; variation by agreement

(a) This chapter does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.(b) This chapter applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties' conduct. Except for a separate and optional agreement the primary purpose of which is to authorize a transaction to be conducted by electronic means, an agreement to conduct a transaction electronically may not be contained in a standard form contract unless that term is conspicuously displayed and separately consented to. An agreement to conduct a transaction electronically may not be inferred solely from the fact that a party has used electronic means to pay an account or register a purchase warranty. This subsection may not be varied by agreement.(c) A party that agrees to conduct a transaction by electronic means may refuse to conduct other transactions by electronic means. The right granted by this subsection may not be waived by agreement.(d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the effect of any of the provisions of this chapter may be varied by agreement. The presence in this chapter of the words "unless otherwise agreed," or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement.(e) Whether an electronic record or electronic signature has legal consequences is determined by this chapter and other applicable law.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-484 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-484. Construction and application

This chapter shall be construed and applied to:(1) Facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law;(2) Be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices; and(3) Effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-485 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-485. Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts

(a) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.(b) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.(c) If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.(d) If a law requires a signature, or provides for certain consequences in the absence of a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-486 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-486. Provision of information in writing; presentation of records

(a) If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record.(b) If a law other than this chapter requires a record (i) to be posted or displayed in a certain manner, (ii) to be sent, communicated, or transmitted by a specified method, or (iii) to contain information that is formatted in a certain manner, the following rules apply:(1) The record shall be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the other law.(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) (2), the record shall be sent, communicated, or transmitted by the method specified in the other law.(3) The record shall contain the information formatted in the manner specified in the other law.(c) If a sender inhibits the ability of a recipient to store or print an electronic record, the electronic record is not enforceable against the recipient.(d) The requirements of this section may not be varied by agreement, except:(1) To the extent a law other than this chapter requires information to be provided, sent, or delivered in writing but permits that requirement to be varied by agreement, the requirement under subsection (a) that the information be in the form of an electronic record capable of retention may also be varied by agreement; and(2) A requirement under a law other than this chapter to send, communicate, or transmit a record by United States mail, may be varied by agreement to the extent permitted by the other law.(e) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (d), a governmental agency may by regulation alter requirements governing (i) the method of posting or display, (ii) the manner of communication or transmittal, including First Class or other United States mail requirements, or (iii) formatting requirements, with respect to the matters over which that agency has jurisdiction and with respect to transactions that the parties have agreed to conduct by electronic means.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-487 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-487. Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature

(a) An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature was attributable.(b) The effect of an electronic record or electronic signature attributed to a person under subsection (a) is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances at the time of its creation, execution, or adoption, including the parties' agreement, if any, and otherwise as provided by law.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-488 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-488. Effect of change or error

If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply:(1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record.(2) In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:(A) Promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person;(B) Takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person's reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and(C) Has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person.(3) If neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of mistake, and the parties' contract, if any.(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) may not be varied by agreement.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-489 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-489. Notarization and acknowledgment

If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-490 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-490. Retention of electronic record

(a) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which:(1) Accurately reflects the information set forth in the record at the time and after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and(2) Remains accessible for later reference.(b) A requirement to retain a record in accordance with subsection (a) does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated, or received.(c) A person may satisfy subsection (a) by using the services of another person if the requirements of that subsection are satisfied.(d) If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with subsection (a).(e) If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with subsection (a).(f) A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with subsection A satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes, unless a law enacted after the effective date of this chapter specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose.(g) This section does not preclude a public body of the Commonwealth from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to such public body's jurisdiction.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-491 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-491. Admissibility of evidence

(a) In any proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.(b) In determining the evidentiary weight to be given a particular electronic signature, the trier of fact shall consider whether the electronic signature is: (i) unique to the signer, (ii) capable of verification, (iii) under the signer's sole control, (iv) linked to the record in such a manner that it can be determined if any data contained in the record was changed subsequent to the electronic signature being affixed to the record, and (v) created by a method appropriately reliable for the purpose for which the electronic signature was used. The trier of fact may consider any other relevant and probative evidence affecting the authenticity and/or validity of the electronic signature.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-492 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-492. Automated transactions

In an automated transaction, the following rules apply:(1) A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements.(2) A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance.(3) The terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to the contract.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-493 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-493. Time and place of sending and receipt

(a) Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it:(1) Is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record;(2) Is in a form capable of being processed by that system; and(3) Enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender or enters a region of the information processing system designated or used by the recipient which is under the control of the recipient.(b) Unless otherwise agreed between a sender and the recipient, an electronic record is received when:(1) It enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and(2) It is in a form capable of being processed by that system.(c) Subsection (b) applies even if the place the information processing system is located is different from the place the electronic record is deemed to be received under subsection (d).(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender's place of business and to be received at the recipient's place of business. For purposes of this subsection, the following rules apply:(1) If the sender or recipient has more than one place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction.(2) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the sender's or recipient's residence, as the case may be.(e) An electronic record is received under subsection (b) even if no individual is aware of its receipt.(f) Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in subsection (b) establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.(g) If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under subsection (a), or purportedly received under subsection (b), was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law. Except to the extent permitted by the other law, the requirements of this subsection may not be varied by agreement.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-495 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-495. Creation and retention of electronic records and conversion of written records by public bodies of the Commonwealth

Upon providing protection to preserve security and confidentiality, every public body of the Commonwealth may create and retain electronic records and convert written records to electronic records.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-496 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-496. Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by public bodies; electronic filing of information permitted

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of § 59.1-490, and upon providing protection to preserve security and confidentiality, public bodies of the Commonwealth may (i) accept the electronic filing of any information required or permitted to be filed with such public body and (ii) prescribe the methods of executing, recording, reproducing, and certifying electronically filed information pursuant to subsection (b). Unless otherwise provided for in the Code of Virginia, electronic filing in the courts of this Commonwealth shall be governed by the Rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Virginia.(b) To the extent that public bodies of the Commonwealth use electronic records and electronic signatures and accept electronic filings under subsection (a), the following rules apply:(1) Public bodies of the Commonwealth may specify the manner and format in which the electronic records must be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, and stored and the systems established for those purposes;(2) Public bodies of the Commonwealth may specify the type of electronic signature required, the manner and format in which the electronic signature must be affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of, or criteria that must be met by, any third party used by a person filing a document to facilitate the process;(3) Public bodies of the Commonwealth may specify control processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality, and auditability of electronic records; and(4) Public bodies of the Commonwealth may establish other criteria to ensure the authenticity and validity of electronic signatures.(c) Except as otherwise provided in § 59.1-490 (f), this chapter does not require public bodies of the Commonwealth to use or permit the use of electronic records or signatures.2000, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-497 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-497. Interoperability

A public body of the Commonwealth that adopts standards pursuant to § 59.1-496 and the Secretary of Administration may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other public bodies of the Commonwealth, other states and the federal government and nongovernmental persons interacting with public bodies of the Commonwealth. If appropriate, those standards may specify differing levels of standards from which public bodies of the Commonwealth may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application.2000, c. 995; 2020, c. 738.
VA Code § 59.1-498 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 42.1 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act|§ 59.1-498. Reserved

Reserved.