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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1968, chapter 69.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86850,"section_number":"18.2-12","catch_line":"Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":268067,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77694,"identifier":"61.1-4","token":"61.1\/1\/61.1-4","url":"\/61.1-4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/61.1-4\/","token":"61.1\/1\/61.1-4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to state in receipt warehouseman’s interest in goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 61.1-4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is the owner, either solely or jointly in common with others, such warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents or servants, who knowing this ownership, issues<\/span> or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for such goods which does not state such ownership, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor<\/span>, and upon conviction<\/span> shall be punished as provided for misdemeanors<\/span> generally in \u00a7 18.2-12<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO STATE IN RECEIPT WAREHOUSEMAN’S INTEREST IN GOODS (\u00a7 61.1-4)\n\nWhere there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is\nthe owner, either solely or jointly in common with others, such warehouseman, or\nany of his officers, agents or servants, who knowing this ownership, issues or\naids in issuing a negotiable receipt for such goods which does not state such\nownership, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be\npunished as provided for misdemeanors generally in \u00a7 18.2-12.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-56; 1968, c. 69.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}