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Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-505.5

Performance by delegate; subcontract

Known as the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

The act spans §§ 59.1-501.1 to 59.1-509.2 (121 sections).

2000, cc. 101, 996.

(a) A party may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractual rights through a delegate or a subcontract unless:

(1) the contract prohibits delegation or subcontracting; or

(2) the other party has a substantial interest in having the original promisor perform or control the performance.

(b) Delegating or subcontracting performance does not relieve the delegating party of a duty to perform or of liability for breach.

(c) An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation is not effective.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.