CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHO MAY ISSUE A WAREHOUSE RECEIPT; STORAGE UNDER GOVERNMENT BOND (§ 8.7-201)

1. A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouseman.

2. Where goods including distilled spirits and agricultural commodities are
stored under a statute requiring a bond against withdrawal or a license for the
issuance of receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, a receipt issued for
the goods has like effect as a warehouse receipt even though issued by a person
who is the owner of the goods and is not a warehouseman.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 61-4; 1964, c. 219.