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The issuer is liable for damages caused by violation of this subsection.2\n\nWhere a bill of lading is lawfully drawn in a set of parts, each of which is numbered and expressed to be valid only if the goods have not been delivered against any other part, the whole of the parts constitute one bill.3\n\nWhere a bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts and different parts are negotiated to different persons, the title of the holder to whom the first due negotiation is made prevails as to both the document and the goods even though any later holder may have received the goods from the carrier in good faith and discharged the carrier’s obligation by surrender of his part.4\n\nAny person who negotiates or transfers a single part of a bill of lading drawn in a set is liable to holders of that part as if it were the whole set.5\n\nThe bailee is obliged to deliver in accordance with part 4 of this title against the first presented part of a bill of lading lawfully drawn in a set. 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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":283517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55501,"identifier":"8.7-304","token":"8.7\/3\/8.7-304","url":"\/8.7-304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-304\/","token":"8.7\/3\/8.7-304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bills of lading in a set","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Except where customary in overseas transportation, a bill of lading must not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages<\/span> caused by violation of this subsection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Where a bill of lading is lawfully drawn in a set of parts, each of which is numbered and expressed to be valid only if the goods have not been delivered against any other part, the whole of the parts constitute one bill. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Where a bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts and different parts are negotiated to different persons, the title of the holder to whom the first due negotiation is made prevails as to both the document and the goods even though any later holder may have received the goods from the carrier in good faith and discharged the carrier’s obligation by surrender of his part. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Any person who negotiates or transfers a single part of a bill of lading drawn in a set is liable to holders of that part as if it were the whole set. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The bailee is obliged to deliver in accordance with part 4 of this title against the first presented part of a bill of lading lawfully drawn in a set. Such delivery discharges the bailee’s obligation on the whole bill. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBILLS OF LADING IN A SET (\u00a7 8.7-304)\n\n1. Except where customary in overseas transportation, a bill of lading must not\nbe issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages caused by\nviolation of this subsection.\n\n2. Where a bill of lading is lawfully drawn in a set of parts, each of which is\nnumbered and expressed to be valid only if the goods have not been delivered\nagainst any other part, the whole of the parts constitute one bill.\n\n3. Where a bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts and different\nparts are negotiated to different persons, the title of the holder to whom the\nfirst due negotiation is made prevails as to both the document and the goods\neven though any later holder may have received the goods from the carrier in\ngood faith and discharged the carrier’s obligation by surrender of his\npart.\n\n4. Any person who negotiates or transfers a single part of a bill of lading\ndrawn in a set is liable to holders of that part as if it were the whole set.\n\n5. The bailee is obliged to deliver in accordance with part 4 of this title\nagainst the first presented part of a bill of lading lawfully drawn in a set.\nSuch delivery discharges the bailee’s obligation on the whole bill.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}