59.1-505.5 - Performance by delegate; subcontract. - Virginia Statutes

§ 59.1-505.5. Performance by delegate; subcontract.

(a) A party may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractualrights 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 originalpromisor perform or control the performance.

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

(c) An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation isnot effective.

(2000, cc. 101, 996.)