                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIABILITY FOR NONRECEIPT OR MISDESCRIPTION (§ 8.7-203)

A party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document other than a bill
of lading relying in either case upon the description therein of the goods may
recover from the issuer damages caused by the nonreceipt or misdescription of
the goods, except to the extent that the document conspicuously indicates that
the issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact were
received or conform to the description, as where the description is in terms of
marks or labels or kind, quantity or condition, or the receipt or description is
qualified by &#8220;contents, condition and quality unknown,&#8221; &#8220;said
to contain&#8221; or the like, if such indication be true, or the party or
purchaser otherwise has notice.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 61-23; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.