                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAILURE TO STATE IN RECEIPT WAREHOUSEMAN&#8217;S INTEREST IN GOODS (§ 61.1-4)

Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is
the owner, either solely or jointly in common with others, such warehouseman, or
any of his officers, agents or servants, who knowing this ownership, issues or
aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for such goods which does not state such
ownership, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished as provided for misdemeanors generally in § 18.2-12.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 61-56; 1968, c. 69.