A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word "Duplicate," except as otherwise provided by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Code 1950, § 61-55; 1968, c. 69.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 61.1 - Warehouses, Cold Storage and Refrigerated Locker Plants
Chapter 1 - Warehouse Receipts
§ 61.1-1. Issue of receipt for goods not received
§ 61.1-2. Issue of receipt containing false statement
§ 61.1-3. Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked
§ 61.1-4. Failure to state in receipt warehouseman's interest in goods
§ 61.1-5. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt
§ 61.1-6. Fraudulent negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods