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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":268071,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71149,"identifier":"61.1-5","token":"61.1\/1\/61.1-5","url":"\/61.1-5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/61.1-5\/","token":"61.1\/1\/61.1-5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 61.1-5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession<\/span> of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession<\/span> of such goods is outstanding and uncanceled, without obtaining the possession<\/span> of such receipt at or before the time of such delivery, shall, except as otherwise provided by law<\/span>, be guilty of a misdemeanor<\/span>, and upon conviction<\/span> shall be punished as provided in \u00a7 18.2-12<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDELIVERY OF GOODS WITHOUT OBTAINING NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT (\u00a7 61.1-5)\n\nA warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers\ngoods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable\nreceipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of\nsuch goods is outstanding and uncanceled, without obtaining the possession of\nsuch receipt at or before the time of such delivery, shall, except as otherwise\nprovided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be\npunished as provided in \u00a7 18.2-12.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-57; 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}}