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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101<\/a> and 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":[{"id":373222,"section_number":"59.1-501.15","catch_line":"Variation by agreement; commercial practice","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-501.15\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1488997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373240,"identifier":"59.1-502.14","token":"59.1\/43\/2\/59.1-502.14","url":"\/59.1-502.14\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-502.14\/","token":"59.1\/43\/2\/59.1-502.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Electronic error; consumer defenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-502.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> In this section, “electronic error<\/span>” means an error in an electronic message created by a consumer using an information processing system if a reasonable method to detect and correct or avoid the error was not provided. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> In an automated transaction, a consumer is not bound by an electronic message that the consumer did not intend and which was caused by an electronic error<\/span>, if the consumer: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> promptly on learning of the error: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> notifies the other party<\/span> of the error; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> causes delivery to the other party<\/span> or, pursuant to reasonable instructions received from the other party<\/span>, delivers to another person or destroys all copies of the information; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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c.<\/span> If subsection (b) does not apply, the effect of an electronic error<\/span> is determined by other law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTRONIC ERROR; CONSUMER DEFENSES (\u00a7 59.1-502.14)\n\na. In this section, “electronic error” means an error in an\nelectronic message created by a consumer using an information processing system\nif a reasonable method to detect and correct or avoid the error was not\nprovided.\n\nb. In an automated transaction, a consumer is not bound by an electronic message\nthat the consumer did not intend and which was caused by an electronic error, if\nthe consumer:\n\n 1. promptly on learning of the error:\n\nA. notifies the other party of the error; and\n\nB. causes delivery to the other party or, pursuant to reasonable instructions\nreceived from the other party, delivers to another person or destroys all copies\nof the information; and\n\n 2. has not used, or received any benefit or value from, the information or\n caused the information or benefit to be made available to a third party.\n\nc. If subsection (b) does not apply, the effect of an electronic error is\ndetermined by other law.\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"}}