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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 219; in 2004, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":283471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82415,"identifier":"8.7-203","token":"8.7\/2\/8.7-203","url":"\/8.7-203\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-203\/","token":"8.7\/2\/8.7-203","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-203","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A party<\/span> to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document other than a bill of lading relying in either case upon the description therein of the goods may recover from the issuer damages<\/span> caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that the document conspicuously indicates that the issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact<\/span> were received or conform to the description, as where the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity or condition, or the receipt or description is qualified by “contents, condition and quality unknown,” “said to contain” or the like, if such indication be true, or the party<\/span> or purchaser otherwise has notice.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY FOR NONRECEIPT OR MISDESCRIPTION (\u00a7 8.7-203)\n\nA party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document other than a bill\nof lading relying in either case upon the description therein of the goods may\nrecover from the issuer damages caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of\nthe goods, except to the extent that the document conspicuously indicates that\nthe issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact were\nreceived or conform to the description, as where the description is in terms of\nmarks or labels or kind, quantity or condition, or the receipt or description is\nqualified by “contents, condition and quality unknown,” “said\nto contain” or the like, if such indication be true, or the party or\npurchaser otherwise has notice.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-23; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.","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}}