                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DIVERSION; RECONSIGNMENT; CHANGE OF INSTRUCTIONS (§ 8.7-303)

1. Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, the carrier may deliver the
goods to a person or destination other than that stated in the bill or may
otherwise dispose of the goods, without liability for misdelivery, on
instructions from:

   a. the holder of a negotiable bill; or

   b. the consignor on a nonnegotiable bill notwithstanding contrary instructions
   from the consignee; or

   c. the consignee on a nonnegotiable bill in the absence of contrary
   instructions from the consignor, if the goods have arrived at the billed
   destination or if the consignee is in possession of the tangible bill or in
   control of the electronic bill; or

   d. the consignee on a nonnegotiable bill if he is entitled as against the
   consignor to dispose of them.

2. Unless such instructions are noted on a negotiable bill of lading, a person
to whom the bill is duly negotiated can hold the bailee according to the
original terms.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.