Virginia § 8.7-306 Altered bills of lading

Virginia Statutes

§ 8.7-306 — Altered bills of lading

Virginia § 8.7-306

Title 8.7COMMERCIAL CODE — WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE

Part 3BILLS OF LADING: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

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Bluebook

Va. Code Ann. § 8.7-306 (2026).

Text

An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original tenor.

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Legislative History

1964, c. 219.

Nearby Sections

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§ 8.7-101

Short title

§ 8.7-102

Definitions and index of definitions

§ 8.7-103

Relation of title to treaty or statute

§ 8.7-104

Negotiable and nonnegotiable documents

§ 8.7-105

Repealed

§ 8.7-105.1

Reissuance in alternative medium

§ 8.7-106

Control of electronic document

§ 8.7-201

Who may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under government bond

§ 8.7-202

Form of warehouse receipt; essential terms; optional terms

§ 8.7-203

Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription

§ 8.7-204

Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouseman's liability

§ 8.7-205

Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases

§ 8.7-206

Termination of storage at warehouseman's option

§ 8.7-207

Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods

§ 8.7-208

Altered warehouse receipts

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