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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 549 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. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 866.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1446413,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363253,"identifier":"4.1-517","token":"4.1\/I\/5\/4.1-517","url":"\/4.1-517\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-517\/","token":"4.1\/I\/5\/4.1-517","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reasonableness and good faith","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-517","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Every <span class=\"dictionary\">agreement<\/span> entered into under this chapter shall impose on the parties the obligation to act in good faith. <a id=\"paragraph-1353730\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/4.1-517\/#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> This chapter shall impose on every term and provision of any <span class=\"dictionary\">agreement<\/span> a requirement of reasonableness. Every term or provision shall be interpreted so that the requirements or obligations imposed therein are reasonable. <a id=\"paragraph-1353731\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/4.1-517\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREASONABLENESS AND GOOD FAITH (\u00a7 4.1-517)\n\nA. Every agreement entered into under this chapter shall impose on the parties\nthe obligation to act in good faith.\n\nB. This chapter shall impose on every term and provision of any agreement a\nrequirement of reasonableness. Every term or provision shall be interpreted so\nthat the requirements or obligations imposed therein are reasonable.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 549, \u00a7 4-118.20:1; 1993, c. 866.","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"}}