{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.7-401","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.7-401","heading":"Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer","body":"The obligations imposed by this title on an issuer apply to a document even if:(a) the document may not comply with the requirements of this title or of any other law or regulation regarding its issue, form or content; or(b) the issuer may have violated laws regulating the conduct of his business; or(c) the goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee at the time the document was issued; or(d) the person issuing the document does not come within the definition of warehouseman if it purports to be a warehouse receipt.Code 1950, § 61-23; 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.","path":["Title 8.7. COMMERCIAL CODE — WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE","Part 4. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.7-401/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:13:19Z","sha256":"7144319197f121c5a216443c689a77eb581c8622d6225f4e0ac72ceb61fe6a41","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.7-309","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.7-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}