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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. 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 2004, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73085,"section_number":"8.7-105.1","catch_line":"Reissuance in alternative medium","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.7-105.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":283521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79325,"identifier":"8.7-305","token":"8.7\/3\/8.7-305","url":"\/8.7-305\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-305\/","token":"8.7\/3\/8.7-305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Destination bills","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment a carrier, at the request of the consignor, may procure the bill to be issued at destination or at any other place designated in the request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Upon request of anyone entitled as against the carrier to control the goods while in transit and on surrender of any outstanding bill of lading or other receipt covering such goods, the issuer, subject to § 8.7-105.1<\/a>, may procure a substitute bill to be issued at any place designated in the request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESTINATION BILLS (\u00a7 8.7-305)\n\n1. Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment\na carrier, at the request of the consignor, may procure the bill to be issued at\ndestination or at any other place designated in the request.\n\n2. Upon request of anyone entitled as against the carrier to control the goods\nwhile in transit and on surrender of any outstanding bill of lading or other\nreceipt covering such goods, the issuer, subject to § 8.7-105.1, may\nprocure a substitute bill to be issued at any place designated in the request.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}