Virginia Statutes
§ 8.7-401 — Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer
Virginia § 8.7-401
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 8.7COMMERCIAL CODE — WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE
Part 4WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 8.7-401 (2026).
Text
The obligations imposed by this title on an issuer apply to a document even if:
(a)the document may not comply with the requirements of this title or of any other law or regulation regarding its issue, form or content; or
(b)the issuer may have violated laws regulating the conduct of his business; or
(c)the goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee at the time the document was issued; or
(d)the person issuing the document does not come within the definition of warehouseman if it purports to be a warehouse receipt.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 61-23; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.
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Repealed§ 8.7-105.1
Reissuance in alternative medium§ 8.7-106
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Bluebook (online)
Virginia § 8.7-401, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/8.7/8.7-401.