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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80787</law_id><section_number>8.7-202</section_number><catch_line>Form of warehouse receipt; essential terms; optional terms</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="2">Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form. <a id="paragraph-289584" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Unless a warehouse receipt provides for each of the following, the warehouseman is liable for <span class="dictionary">damages</span> caused by the omission to a person injured thereby: <a id="paragraph-289585" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> the location of the warehouse where the goods are stored; <a id="paragraph-289586" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> the date of <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of the receipt; <a id="paragraph-289587" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2c" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> the consecutive number of the receipt; <a id="paragraph-289588" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2d" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> a statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to a specified person, or to a specified person or his <span class="dictionary">order</span>; <a id="paragraph-289589" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2e" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> the rate of storage and handling charges, except that where goods are stored under a field warehousing arrangement a statement of that <span class="dictionary">fact</span> is sufficient on a nonnegotiable receipt; <a id="paragraph-289590" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2f" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">f.</span> a description of the goods or of the packages containing them; <a id="paragraph-289591" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2f"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2g" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">g.</span> the signature of the warehouseman, which may be made by his authorized agent; <a id="paragraph-289592" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2g"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2h" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">h.</span> if the receipt is issued for goods of which the warehouseman is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of such ownership; and <a id="paragraph-289593" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2h"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2i" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">i.</span> a statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities incurred for which the warehouseman claims a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or security interest (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lien of warehouseman" href="/8.7-209/">8.7-209</a>). If the precise amount of such advances made or of such liabilities incurred is, at the time of the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of the receipt, unknown to the warehouseman or to his agent who issued the receipt, a statement of the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that advances have been made or liabilities incurred and the purpose thereof is sufficient. <a id="paragraph-289594" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#2i"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A warehouseman may insert in his receipt any other terms that are not contrary to the provisions of this act and do not impair his obligation of delivery (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligation of bailee to deliver; excuse" href="/8.7-403/">8.7-403</a>) or his duty of care (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouseman's liability" href="/8.7-204/">8.7-204</a>). Any contrary provisions shall be ineffective. <a id="paragraph-289595" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.7-202/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 61-5; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
