                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FORM OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPT; ESSENTIAL TERMS; OPTIONAL TERMS (§ 8.7-202)

1. A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form.

2. Unless a warehouse receipt provides for each of the following, the
warehouseman is liable for damages caused by the omission to a person injured
thereby:

   a. the location of the warehouse where the goods are stored;

   b. the date of issue of the receipt;

   c. the consecutive number of the receipt;

   d. a statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to
   a specified person, or to a specified person or his order;

   e. the rate of storage and handling charges, except that where goods are
   stored under a field warehousing arrangement a statement of that fact is
   sufficient on a nonnegotiable receipt;

   f. a description of the goods or of the packages containing them;

   g. the signature of the warehouseman, which may be made by his authorized
   agent;

   h. if the receipt is issued for goods of which the warehouseman is owner,
   either solely or jointly or in common with others, the fact of such ownership;
   and

   i. a statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities incurred for
   which the warehouseman claims a lien or security interest (&#xA7; 8.7-209). If
   the precise amount of such advances made or of such liabilities incurred is,
   at the time of the issue of the receipt, unknown to the warehouseman or to his
   agent who issued the receipt, a statement of the fact that advances have been
   made or liabilities incurred and the purpose thereof is sufficient.

3. 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; 8.7-403) or his duty of care (&#xA7; 8.7-204). Any contrary
provisions shall be ineffective.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 61-5; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.