Code of Virginia - Title 8.7 Commercial Code - Warehouse Receipts, Bills Of Lading And Other Documents Of Title - Part 3 Bills Of Lading: Special Provisions

  • 8.7-301 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; "said to contain"; "shipper's load and count"; impr...
    (1) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading who has given value in good faith, or a holder to whom a negotiable bill has ...
  • 8.7-302 Through bills of lading and similar documents
    (1) The issuer of a through bill of lading or other document embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by persons acting as its ...
  • 8.7-303 Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions
    (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 ...
  • 8.7-304 Bills of lading in a set
    (1) Except where customary in overseas transportation, a bill of lading must not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for ...
  • 8.7-305 Destination bills
    (1) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment a carrier, at the request of the consignor, may ...
  • 8.7-306 Altered bills of lading
    An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original tenor. (1964, c. ...
  • 8.7-307 Lien of carrier
    (1) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a bill of lading or on the proceeds thereof in his possession for charges ...
  • 8.7-308 Enforcement of carrier's lien
    (1) A carrier's lien may be enforced by public or private sale of the goods, in bloc or in parcels, at any time or place ...
  • 8.7-309 Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier's liability
    (1) A carrier who issues a bill of lading, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, must exercise the degree of care in relation to the goods that ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009