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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":[{"id":73085,"section_number":"8.7-105.1","catch_line":"Reissuance in alternative medium","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.7-105.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":283547,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64918,"identifier":"8.7-402","token":"8.7\/4\/8.7-402","url":"\/8.7-402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-402\/","token":"8.7\/4\/8.7-402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duplicate receipt or bill; overissue","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Neither a duplicate nor any other document purporting to cover goods already represented by an outstanding document of the same issuer confers any right in the goods, except as provided in the case of tangible bills in a set of parts, overissue of documents for fungible goods, substitutes for lost, stolen or destroyed documents, or substitute documents issued pursuant to \u00a7 8.7-105.1<\/a>. The issuer is liable for damages<\/span> caused by his overissue or failure to identify a duplicate document as such by conspicuous notation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUPLICATE RECEIPT OR BILL; OVERISSUE (\u00a7 8.7-402)\n\nNeither a duplicate nor any other document purporting to cover goods already\nrepresented by an outstanding document of the same issuer confers any right in\nthe goods, except as provided in the case of tangible bills in a set of parts,\noverissue of documents for fungible goods, substitutes for lost, stolen or\ndestroyed documents, or substitute documents issued pursuant to \u00a7 8.7-105.1.\nThe issuer is liable for damages caused by his overissue or failure to identify\na duplicate document as such by conspicuous notation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-9; 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}}