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§ 8.7-401 Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer

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.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 219; in 2004, chapter 200.

Code 1950, § 61-23; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.

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