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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 1964, chapter 219.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":283487,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70598,"identifier":"8.7-207","token":"8.7\/2\/8.7-207","url":"\/8.7-207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-207\/","token":"8.7\/2\/8.7-207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Unless the warehouse receipt otherwise provides, a warehouseman must keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods except that different lots of fungible goods may be commingled. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Fungible goods so commingled are owned in common by the persons entitled thereto and the warehouseman is severally liable to each owner for that owner’s share. Where because of overissue a mass of fungible goods is insufficient to meet all the receipts which the warehouseman has issued against it, the persons entitled include all holders to whom overissued receipts have been duly negotiated. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGOODS MUST BE KEPT SEPARATE; FUNGIBLE GOODS (\u00a7 8.7-207)\n\n1. Unless the warehouse receipt otherwise provides, a warehouseman must keep\nseparate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times\nidentification and delivery of those goods except that different lots of\nfungible goods may be commingled.\n\n2. Fungible goods so commingled are owned in common by the persons entitled\nthereto and the warehouseman is severally liable to each owner for that\nowner’s share. Where because of overissue a mass of fungible goods is\ninsufficient to meet all the receipts which the warehouseman has issued against\nit, the persons entitled include all holders to whom overissued receipts have\nbeen duly negotiated.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 61-25, 61-26; 1964, c. 219.","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}}