(1) Where the seller has identified goods to the contract by or before shipment:
(a) his procurement of a negotiable bill of lading to his own order or otherwise reserves in him a security interest in the goods. His procurement of the bill to the order of a financing agency or of the buyer indicates in addition only the seller's expectation of transferring that interest to the person named.
(b) a nonnegotiable bill of lading to himself or his nominee reserves possession of the goods as security but except in a case of conditional delivery (subsection (2) of § 8.2-507) a nonnegotiable bill of lading naming the buyer as consignee reserves no security interest even though the seller retains possession or control of the bill of lading.
(2) When shipment by the seller with reservation of a security interest is in violation of the contract for sale it constitutes an improper contract for transportation within the preceding section [ § 8.2-504 ] but impairs neither the rights given to the buyer by shipment and identification of the goods to the contract nor the seller's powers as a holder of a negotiable document of title.
1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 8.2 - Commercial Code - Sales
§ 8.2-501. Insurable interest in goods; manner of identification of goods
§ 8.2-502. Buyer's right to goods on seller's repudiation, failure to deliver, or insolvency
§ 8.2-503. Manner of seller's tender of delivery
§ 8.2-505. Seller's shipment under reservation
§ 8.2-506. Rights of financing agency
§ 8.2-507. Effect of seller's tender; delivery on condition
§ 8.2-508. Cure by seller of improper tender or delivery; replacement
§ 8.2-509. Risk of loss in the absence of breach
§ 8.2-510. Effect of breach on risk of loss
§ 8.2-511. Tender of payment by buyer; payment by check
§ 8.2-512. Payment by buyer before inspection
§ 8.2-513. Buyer's right to inspection of goods
§ 8.2-514. When documents deliverable on acceptance; when on payment