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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0101\">101<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0996\">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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1489167,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373281,"identifier":"59.1-505.5","token":"59.1\/43\/5\/59.1-505.5","url":"\/59.1-505.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-505.5\/","token":"59.1\/43\/5\/59.1-505.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Performance by delegate; subcontract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-505.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractual rights through a delegate or a subcontract unless: <a id=\"paragraph-1392887\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-505.5\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> prohibits delegation or subcontracting; or <a id=\"paragraph-1392888\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-505.5\/#a1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> the other <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> has a substantial interest in having the original promisor perform or control the performance. <a id=\"paragraph-1392889\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-505.5\/#a2\"><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> Delegating or subcontracting performance does not relieve the delegating <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> of a duty to perform or of liability for breach. <a id=\"paragraph-1392890\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-505.5\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"c\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">c.<\/span> An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation is not effective. <a id=\"paragraph-1392891\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-505.5\/#c\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERFORMANCE BY DELEGATE; SUBCONTRACT (\u00a7 59.1-505.5)\n\na. A party may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractual rights\nthrough a delegate or a subcontract unless:\n\n   1. the contract prohibits delegation or subcontracting; or\n\n   2. the other party has a substantial interest in having the original promisor\n   perform or control the performance.\n\nb. Delegating or subcontracting performance does not relieve the delegating\nparty of a duty to perform or of liability for breach.\n\nc. An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation is not\neffective.\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"}}