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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73085</law_id><section_number>8.7-105.1</section_number><catch_line>Reissuance in alternative medium</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.7-305</reference><reference>8.7-402</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.7">Commercial Code &#x2014; Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document, the issuer of the electronic document may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a tangible document as a substitute for the electronic document if: <a id="paragraph-263166" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> the person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer; and <a id="paragraph-263167" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#1a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> the tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document. <a id="paragraph-263168" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#1b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Upon issuance of a tangible document in substitution for an electronic document in accordance with subsection (1): <a id="paragraph-263169" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> the electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity; and <a id="paragraph-263170" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#2a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> the person that procured issuance of the tangible document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the tangible document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the electronic document when the warrantor surrendered control of the electronic document to the issuer. <a id="paragraph-263171" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#2b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Upon request of a person entitled under a tangible document, the issuer of the tangible document may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> an electronic document as a substitute for the tangible document if: <a id="paragraph-263172" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> the person entitled under the tangible document surrenders <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the document to the issuer; and <a id="paragraph-263173" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#3a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> the electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document. <a id="paragraph-263174" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#3b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Upon issuance of an electronic document in substitution for a tangible document in accordance with subsection (3): <a id="paragraph-263175" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> the tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity; and <a id="paragraph-263176" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#4a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> the person that procured issuance of the electronic document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the electronic document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the tangible document when the warrantor surrendered <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the tangible document to the issuer. <a id="paragraph-263177" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-105.1/#4b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, c. 200.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
