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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":283491,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67523,"identifier":"8.7-208","token":"8.7\/2\/8.7-208","url":"\/8.7-208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-208\/","token":"8.7\/2\/8.7-208","dublin_core":{"Title":"Altered warehouse receipts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Where a blank in a negotiable warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERED WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS (\u00a7 8.7-208)\n\nWhere a blank in a negotiable warehouse receipt has been filled in without\nauthority, a good faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of\nauthority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized\nalteration leaves any tangible or electronic receipt enforceable against the\nissuer according to its original tenor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-16; 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}}